Conquering Organizational Change: How to Succeed Where Most Companies Fail

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Summary: A Gem of a Book
Review: Excellent descriptions of the challenges associated with a major change effort in organizations. Practical advice with checklists to guide managers. Best and most practical book I've read. This book offers not only what you need to do to manage a major change effort, but also provides tactics on how to resurrect a change effort that is stalled - great advice.

Mourier and Smith provide real-life advice, obviously learned from years of practical application of these tactics. This book is "real-world" - not just philosophy and theory.

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Summary: Easy to digest "Change Management" Strategies/Methodologies
Review: I found the book extremely practical and comprehensive for managers who are involved in aligning organizations to meet the challenges of our times. Conquering Organizational Change is especially delightful to read as I have been a team member in dozens of organizational change efforts during my career and as corporate champion of many more. While I would like to claim that every change initiative of which I have been a part has been successful, the truth is that many have failed. Had I had access to the multiple checklists and knowledge of the positive and negative factors present in an organization on the probability of success, I think that my track record of helping companies change would be significantly better.

There are a few points where my experiences do not necessarily agree with the authors point of view. These points are really just "nits" in a book written by people that have "been there -- done that" and have given us a pragmatic methodology which provides an increased probability of success and lasting organizational change.

My advice is to buy Conquering Organizational Change and follow the methodology.

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Summary: Not Very Helpful
Review: This book is not bad, but there are better books on organizational change. "Publishers Weekly" review said the case studies were "lackluster." That's putting it kindly; they don't add anything to the book.

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Summary: Good book, plus...
Review: This is a very good book. In addition, I strongly recommend "Strategic Organizational Change" by Beitler.

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Summary: A "How To" Book on Change Management
Review: This is the first book I've come across that offers step-by-step guidance and real advice on how to reap the potential rewards of organizational change over the long term. Unlike most books on the subject, which require mental contortions to convert theory into reality, Conquering Organizational Change is eminently practical and based on hard data about what works and what doesn't work. It takes its own advice of "think small" to transform the often daunting and chaotic prospect of organizational change into a manageable, feasible and attainable effort.

It's a must-read for everyone in business today who wants to continue being in business tomorrow.

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Summary: A Gem of a Book
Review: We tried applying the techniques outlined in this book in our organization. - It works! - I think this little book is probably overlooked in the grand scheme of change management literature, and it is a pitty. - The authors are not Harvard Professors, but their suggestions really work, because they are street-wise and pragmatic. - I cannot recommend this enough.