Managing Organizational Change

Muayyad Jabri is an Adjunct Professor at the University of New England, Australia. He holds a PhD from Alliance Manchester Business School. As a Visiting Professor in a number of universities in Europe and China, he is always curious about nuances of change across cultures. Muayyad works closely at the team level to develop discernment leadership that drives an inclusive organizational culture.Estefan Jabri graduated with a BA from the University of New England, Australia. He has several years’ experience in collecting, developing and ratifying plans for coupling risk management concepts with sustainability. Estefan’s consulting background includes a wealth of knowledge acquired through working in major consulting and accounting firms.

In this new edition of Managing Organizational Change Jabri draws upon his extensive experience and research to demonstrate how change is achieved through storytelling. It challenges change practitioners, organisational leaders, students and educators to perceive change as a transformational process and an essential part of the new agile era.

• 1. Disruptive change and transformation as the 'new normal'2. Leaderfulness of change: inclusivity and vision3. Change-making: agility and the social construction of change4. Understanding the role of the change agent as a change-maker5. Constructing change through narrative and storytelling6. Field theory and action research7. Communicating change8. Mobilizing change: creating readiness and the notion of sensemaking9. Understanding and managing organizational resistance10. The problem-centric model of diagnosing change11. The dialogic model of diagnosing change12. Modes of intervention13. Making sense of organizational identity14. Sustaining change: how to navigate the 'new normal' in a rapidly changing environment15. Change management cases