CHANGE IS AN ESSENTIAL MANDATE FOR EVERY ORGANIZATION. The high failure rate of corporate change initiatives underscores the difficulty of this challenge. But for companies-and leaders-who manage change successfully, the rewards are substantial. Human resource professionals are uniquely positioned to champion change in their organizations.
The Essentials of Managing Change and Transition offers strategies and tools that will enable HR professionals to work side-by-side with other senior executives to:
- Assess various approaches to change and set the best strategy.
- Prepare the organization and employees for change.
- Communicate information efficiently and effectively.
- Reduce employee stress.
- Use consultants wisely.
Co-published by SHRM and Harvard Business School Press.
About the book series
The Business Literacy for HR Professionals Series is a co-branded line of books developed jointly between Harvard Business School Press and SHRM (the Society for Human Resource Management).
This series will help HR professionals to become more influential strategic partners in their organizations by educating them in the core principles, practices, and processes of business and management. The purpose of the series is to help HR professionals develop knowledge and skills related to, but outside, the HR domain in order to make more strategic contributions to their organizations. These books will help HR professionals 'have a seat at the table' by becoming more proficient and literate in critical business and management arenas such as finance, negotiation, strategy, change management, etc.
