The Human Side of Change: A Practical Guide to Organization Redesign

by Timothy J. Galpin

Even the most carefully planned organizational changes can fail if individuals are not taken into consideration. The Human Side of Change is a step-by-step action plan for the change process that takes full advantage of an organization's greatest resource: its people. From planning to implementation to behavior change, Timothy J. Galpin shows how a well-orchestrated approach--one that pays attention to the soft side
aspects of the process--can make the difference between change for the better and no change at all.

Drawing on a decade of consulting experience with businesses and governments around the world, Timothy J. Galpin outlines a nine-step process for effectively combining the human and technical sides of change for successful mergers, downsizing, and restructuring. The Human Side of Change offers managers, frontline supervisors and human resource professionals valuable tools, techniques, and examples to help them gain support for change at all levels of an organization. With numerous charts, graphs, and a glossary of change-management terms, this book is both an ideal blueprint and an accessible quick reference for the implementation of stable and sustained transformation.

176 pages, Hardcover

First published February 29, 1996

Reviews

[Robert Bogue]

In the late 1990s, there was a growing awareness of the importance of people in the organizational change process. Too many failed mergers and acquisitions had opened a small awareness of the need to consider how people may or may not follow the leadership wishes blindly. That’s where The Human Side of Change: A Practical Guide to Organization Redesign comes in: it’s Timothy Galpin’s effort to create better awareness and tools for managing the people side of the change process.

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[James Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book provides pragmatic ways to apply organizational behavior that promotes constructive change within work environments and personal settings. I recommend this book as a basic principles of management book for business students, managers, and supervising employees.

Dr. James Williams
Author of From Thug to Scholar

[Paula · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very simplified look at change management strategy of relationship vs. position power. There are better ones out there.