[Ailist] FW: Need Help (Today of Course) Change Management Articles

[Lionel Boxer]

Hello again Neil

Judith's comment below relects the spirit of my research question when I
undertook my PhD.  After initial PhD studies I ended up harnessing
positioning theory to understand how CEOs deal with entrenched
positioning (I called it residue**).  After interviewing CEOs known fo
dealing with change* well I then applied a positioning theory framework
to understand what they were doing to achieve the change.  I showed how
CEOs position themselves and others to enable everyone to speak up and
embrace the change.

See:
1. my PhD at: http://intergon.net/phd
2. my subsequent book at: http://intergon.net/tsw (a short novel based
on my PhD findings - this book is used for executive development in some
corporations and university courses)
3. a single page summary of the thesis and book:
http://intergon.net/sustainable CEOs.pdf

Lionel

notes:
*  my PhD research was concerned with change relating to sustainabilty,
but I demonstrated that sustainability is one of many "obligatory and
externally imposed" issues that require organisations to change what
people in the organisation may not want to bother changing.
** in explaining entrenched positioning I harnessed electromagnetic
theory - specifically electromagnetic flux.  When change in
electromagnetic forces occur there can remain damanging or retarding
residual electromagnetic flux.  I suggested a social flux that produces
a similar residue.  But this is all too heavy for most people.  Instead,
in the real world I say "the residual underlying mood of an organisation
needs to be aligned with what needs to be done by the CEO for change to
happen effectively".

Lionel Boxer CD PhD MBA BTech(IndEng) - 0411267256
Research Fellow - lionel.boxer at rmit.edu.au
Centre for Management Quality Research
my sustainable living festival slides: http://intergon.net/free.html
Free stuff: http://intergon.net/free.html
Upcoming events: http://intergon.net/events.html
Visit: http://www.nontoxiclife.com.au
>>> <Benchcomm at aol.com> 14/04/07 11:38 PM >>>
 
Dear Neil:
 
...

In failed projects, there is excessive "advocating" and  entrenched 
positioning. People become afraid to speak up and the alpha dominant 
voices win. 
Compliance is the outcome and innovation is often at a  low.
 
...
 
Judith E. Glaser, CEO
Benchmark  Communications, Inc.
www.creatingwe.com