Who Killed Change
Book Review
Book Review
Organizational behavior
4/10/12
Who Killed Change
In this book review I will be writing about a book called Who Killed Change. Who Killed Change was published in 2009 by Harper Collins located in New York, NY. This book was written by an author with the name, Kenneth Blanchard. Kenneth Blanchard is an American writer and management professional, one of his books The One Minute Manager has sold more than 13 million copies he has also co-written 30 best sellers. I chose this book because it seemed to be the most interesting from a list of approved books. The book Who Killed Change is written to find what is killing change in everyday organizations. To do this the author uses a character called agent to interview thirteen suspects. This book is filled with wit which keeps the reader interested in the valuable lessons that it teaches. In this report I will provide a summary of major themes in the book, I will also be comparing and contrasting concepts from Who Killed Change with concepts from our textbooks. I will then give a well-reasoned opinion on the points from the book Who Killed Change.
The Book Who Killed Change is written to address every day organizations, which have initiated or are going to initiate changes. Most of these organizations will fail to initiate these changes costing them money and failing to increase the status quo. This book looks at who causes these changes to be killed so that they can be taught to change and stop costing the organization money. This book starts off by introducing the Detective named Agent McNally, who is on the crime scene investigating a murder of Change. With his assistant Anna the Agent goes on to interview thirteen suspects. The first of which is Carolina Culture. McNally learned from his interview that Carolina Culture understood the formal values of the organization but did not understand the values that were important, McNally believes Change would have
Book Review
Organizational behavior
4/10/12
Who Killed Change
In this book review I will be writing about a book called Who Killed Change. Who Killed Change was published in 2009 by Harper Collins located in New York, NY. This book was written by an author with the name, Kenneth Blanchard. Kenneth Blanchard is an American writer and management professional, one of his books The One Minute Manager has sold more than 13 million copies he has also co-written 30 best sellers. I chose this book because it seemed to be the most interesting from a list of approved books. The book Who Killed Change is written to find what is killing change in everyday organizations. To do this the author uses a character called agent to interview thirteen suspects. This book is filled with wit which keeps the reader interested in the valuable lessons that it teaches. In this report I will provide a summary of major themes in the book, I will also be comparing and contrasting concepts from Who Killed Change with concepts from our textbooks. I will then give a well-reasoned opinion on the points from the book Who Killed Change.
The Book Who Killed Change is written to address every day organizations, which have initiated or are going to initiate changes. Most of these organizations will fail to initiate these changes costing them money and failing to increase the status quo. This book looks at who causes these changes to be killed so that they can be taught to change and stop costing the organization money. This book starts off by introducing the Detective named Agent McNally, who is on the crime scene investigating a murder of Change. With his assistant Anna the Agent goes on to interview thirteen suspects. The first of which is Carolina Culture. McNally learned from his interview that Carolina Culture understood the formal values of the organization but did not understand the values that were important, McNally believes Change would have
Cited: Blanchard, Ken. Who Killed Change. New York: Polvera, 2009. N. pag. Print. Robbins, Stephen p., and Timothy a. Judge. Organizational Behavior. Fourteenth ed. New Jersey: Pearson Education Inc, 2011. Print.