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Change Management

Books

The Change Handbook: The Definitive Resource on Today’s Best Methods for Engaging Whole Systems / Holman, Peggy. San Francisco, CA, USA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers. HD 58.8 C363 2007

Change Management: The People Side of Change / Hiatt, Jeffrey M. Loveland, CO, USA: Prosci.
HD 58.8 H52 2003

Le changement et la gestion / Beucher, Jean. Paris, FR : SÉFI. HD 58.8 c364 2003

Managing Change and Increasing Diversity - Ottawa Police Service: A Joint Research Project / Ottawa Police Service. Ottawa, ON, Cdn: Carleton University. HV 7936 .S4 Ot1 2004

Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change / Bridges, William. Cambridge, MA, USA:
Da Capo Press. HD 58.8 B76 2007 (cd-rom)

Police Force Reorganization: Getting it Right / Nicholls, Jonathan. Feltham, GB: R.R. Donnelley- Pindar. HV 7936 .R55 N51 1996

Strategic Organizational Change : A Practitioner's Guide for Managers and Consultants / Beitler, Michael A. Greensboro, NC, USA: Practitioner Press International. HD 58.8 B39 2003

eBOOKS (available to RCMP personnel only)

The Agile Manager’s Guide to Managing Change / Ristino, Robert J. 2000

Beyond Change Management / Anderson, Dean. 2001

Change Management / Rye, Colin. 2001

Change Management Excellence / Cook, Sarah. 2004

Complexity and Paradox / Underwood, Jim. 2002

The Leader’s Change Handbook / 1999

Making Six Sigma Last / Eckes, George / 2001

Terms of Engagement / Axelfrod, Richard H. 2000

The Whole Systems Approach / Adams, W.A. 1999

Winning through Innovation / Tushman, Michael. 1997


Articles

Bureaucracy, Contracts and Networks: The Unholy Trinity and the Police / Fleming, Jenny. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, Vol. 38, No. 2 (2005), p. 192-205.

Change Management in Government / Ostroff, Frank. Harvard Business Review, Vol. 84, No. 5 (May 2006), p. 141-147.

Change Management in Police Organizations: Stimuli and Sustainability Efforts / Hughes, Tad. Law Enforcement Executive Forum, Vol. 8, No. 5 (Sep 2008), p. 113-128.

Le Changement, dérive organisationnelle / Pesqueux, Yvon. L’Expansion Management Review, No. 129 (juin 2008), p. 10-16.

The Effectiveness of External Assessments in Facilitating Organizational Change in Law Enforcement / Giacomazzi, Andrew L. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, Vol. 27, No. 1 (2004), p. 37-55.

Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail / Kotter, John P. Harvard Business Review,
Vol. 85, No. 1 (Jan 2007), p. 96-103.

Impact of Networked Ties on Change in Police Agency Practices / Roberts, Aki. Policing: International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, Vol. 32, No. 1 (2009), p. 38-55.

Institutionalizing Problem-Oriented Policing: Rethinking Problem Solving, Analysis, and Accountability / Boba, Rachel. Pollice Practice & Research, Vol. 9, No. 5 (Dec 2008), p 379-393.

Managing Change in the Investigative Process / Colaprete, Frank A. Police Chief, Vol. 69, No. 10 (October 2002), p.121-126.

Modernisation des organisations et contrôle des comportements : Quels liens et quels
enjeux? / Honoré, Lionel. Revue française de gestion, Vol. 33, No. 176 (juin-juillet 2007), p. 53-62.

Organizational Change That Produces Results: The Linkage Approach / Goodman, Paul S.
The Academy of Management Executive, Vol. 18, No. 3 (August 2004), p. 7-21.

Police, Managerialization and Presentational Strategies / Terpstra, Jan. Policing: International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, Vol. 32, No. 1 (2009), p. 128-143.

The Protean Organization: Learning to Love Change / Wall, Stephen J. Organizational Dynamics, Vol. 34, No. 1 (2005), p. 37-46.

Stop Improvising Change Management! / Jorgensen, Hans Nenrik. Strategy and Leadership, Vol. 37, No. 2 (2009), p. 38-44.

Structural Change in Large Police Agencies During the 1990s / Maguire, Edward R. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, Vol. 26, No. 2 (2003), p. 251-272.

The Tools of Cooperation and Change / Christensen, Clayton M. Harvard Business Review,
Vol. 84, No. 10 (Oct 2006), p. 73-80.

The Underlying Structure of Continuous Change / Lawrence, Thomas B. MIT Sloan Management Review, Vol. 47, No. 4 (2006), p. 59-66.

Your Company’s Secret Change Agents / Pascale, Richard Tanner. Harvard Business Review,
Vol. 83, No. 5 (May 2005), p. 72-81.


Videos

How to Manage People Through Continuous Change. Stanford, CA, USA: 2007. (VL 2598) DVD

Re-Energizing the Mature Organization. Mill Valley, CA, USA: 1995. (VL 1863)

Sacred Cows Make the Best Burgers: Paradigm-Busting Strategies for Developing Change-Ready People and Organizations. Mill Valley, CA, USA: 1996. (VL 1861)

Tearing Down the Walls: Managing Change and Dismantling Barriers to Better Team and Organizational Performance. Provo, UT, USA: 1996. (VL 2274)

What You Are is What You Were When ... Again. Missassauga, ON., Cdn: 2005. (VL 2480)


Web sites

Change Management 101: A Primer

Change Management Toolbox

Management Methods, Management Models, Management Theories

OSD Comptroller iCenter, Change Management

Overview of Organizational Change

Six Sigma, Change Management