Andrew Pettigrew is Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Director of the Centre for Corporate Strategy and Change, University of Warwick, UK. Richard Whipp is Professor of Human Resource Management at Cardiff Business School, UK.Both authors have written widely on the management of strategic change.

"A far reaching study." Financial Times "A highly significant contribution to the strategy literature." Times Higher Education Supplement

• List of Figures. Introduction.1. Competitiveness and Managing Change.2. A Changing Backcloth: New Rules and Relationships.3. Understanding the Environment.4. Leading Change.5. Linking Strategic and Operational Change.6. Human Resources as Assets and Liabilities.7. Coherence.8. Conclusion.References.Index.

Andrew Pettigrew is Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Director of the Centre for Corporate Strategy and Change, University of Warwick, UK. Richard Whipp is Professor of Human Resource Management at Cardiff Business School, UK.Both authors have written widely on the management of strategic change.

"A far reaching study." Financial Times "A highly significant contribution to the strategy literature." Times Higher Education Supplement

• List of Figures. Introduction.1. Competitiveness and Managing Change.2. A Changing Backcloth: New Rules and Relationships.3. Understanding the Environment.4. Leading Change.5. Linking Strategic and Operational Change.6. Human Resources as Assets and Liabilities.7. Coherence.8. Conclusion.References.Index.

Andrew Pettigrew is Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Director of the Centre for Corporate Strategy and Change, University of Warwick, UK. Richard Whipp is Professor of Human Resource Management at Cardiff Business School, UK.Both authors have written widely on the management of strategic change.

"A far reaching study." Financial Times "A highly significant contribution to the strategy literature." Times Higher Education Supplement

• List of Figures. Introduction.1. Competitiveness and Managing Change.2. A Changing Backcloth: New Rules and Relationships.3. Understanding the Environment.4. Leading Change.5. Linking Strategic and Operational Change.6. Human Resources as Assets and Liabilities.7. Coherence.8. Conclusion.References.Index.