Change management

Authors

Patrick M. Dawson, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

16594

Publication Details

Dawson, P. M. (2006). Change management. In G. Ritzer (Eds.), The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (pp. 427-431). U.K.: Blackwell Publishing.

Abstract

A key aim of change management is to manage processes towards a future that, even when anticipated and planned for, can never be fully foreseen. It is a paradox that continues to generate considerable debate and conceptual and definitional confusion.