Changing the Essence by Richard Beckhard

Changing the Essence by Richard Beckhard

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Summary

Using illustrative examples of organizational leaders who have successfully responded to rapidly changing conditions in the business environment, this text reveals the strategies and leadership behaviours required to manage and integrate fundamental change.

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Changing the Essence by Richard Beckhard

Reveals the strategies and leadership behaviors required to manage and integrate fundamental change. Uses illustrative examples of CEOs who have successfully led radical rethinking of purpose and priorities, vision, and the very structure and functions of the organization itself.
"The indispensable leadership handbook for men and women who mustmanage the massive change, complexity, and opportunity that markour time" --Frances Hesselbein, president and CEO, The PeterDrucker Foundation

"This new book helps us see that fundamental change is bothpersonal and relentlessly systemic, or it is nothing at all."--Peter Senge, author of The Fifth Discipline

Richard Beckhard was an American organizational theorist, Adjunct Professor at MIT, and pioneer in the field of organization development. Beckhard co-launched the Addison-Wesley Organization Development Series and began the Organization Development Network in 1967.

Wendy Pritchard is the author of Changing the Essence: The Art of Creating and Leading Environmental Change in Organizations, published by Wiley.

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ISBN 13 9781555424121
ISBN 10 1555424120
Title Changing the Essence
Author Richard Beckhard
Series Jossey-Bass Leadership Series
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
Year published 1992-02-12
Number of pages 128
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.