Change management

Years of research into Change Management have examined the organisation and the team as well as the individual. Our change management specialists have developed extensive expertise on the climate for change, change strategies, types of changes, who is involved in change, and how to identify and channel resistance to change. Insights gained from years of scientific and practical research are translated into publications, educational programmes and tailor-made advice.

Key research areas

We have special expertise in:

• Strategy-driven organisation
• Strategic dialogue
• Leadership style for change 
• Readiness for change 
• Fundamental motives and change 
• Resistance to change 
• Motivation to change
• Roles in the change process
• Composition of new teams
• Argumentation techniques for change 
• Climate for change 
• Change strategy
• Planning change processes and projects

Research results and publications

Curious about some of our research results and publications?

• Grandmaster in change

  

  Herman Van den Broeck, Dave Bouckenooghe
  Lannoo, 2011, 229 p.,  ISBN 978-9-020997-12-5

• 2009/14 - Change recipients’ attitudes toward change: a review study

  Authors: Bouckenooghe, D., 36 pp.
  This paper reviewed the literature on attitudes toward change. Despite the increased interest into this topic, our review of 64 journal articles (1993-2007) indicates that the field is lacking robust theoretical frameworks.

• All Change management publications.

Research for your organisation

In addition to conducting research that contributes to fundamental academic knowledge, we can also carry out practice-based research on especially for your organisation.

• Explore research opportunities that may benefit your organisation.

Our experts

Meet the faculty and researchers who are experts in Change Management.

Tips from our experts

Journals, portals and books keep you informed about trends in Change Management. Some recommendations from our experts:

• Beer, M. & Nohria, N. (2000). Breaking the Code of Change. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press. A collection of papers by change experts.
• Brown, S. & Eisenhardt, K. (1998) Competing on the Edge. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press.
• Kim, W. C. & Mauborgne, S. (2005). Blue Ocean strategy. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press.

News

• 2008/21 - The change climate questionnaire: scale development
• 2007/27 - Psychological change climate as a crucial catalyst of readiness for change: A dominance analysis
• 2007/23 - A comparison of healthcare managers and entrepreneurs: investigating the change profile of two different sectors

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