Managing Change: Manga for Success
- 1h 9m
- Kazuhiko Nakamura
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2023
CREATE A HIGH-PERFORMING TEAM BY EMPLOYING EFFECTIVE CHANGE MANAGEMENT
Do you want to improve your current workplace or organization? Organization Development can teach you what steps you can take to achieve your goals. You’ll follow Chuji, a store manager at an automobile company who’s been sent to a troubled dealership branch and learn from the challenges he faces as he implements a series of managerial changes only to meet resistance and hostility from employees and leaders. You’ll also learn about:
- How to overcome obstacles and resistance to organizational change
- How to employ the principles of visibility, communication, and visioning while leveraging the strengths of your team
- The science of organizational development
Managing Change is an indispensable roadmap to effective change management that will help you shift the mindset of your team members from individualism to one focused on the good of the organization and the team as a whole. Find out why the Manga For Success series―now available in English for the first time―is so popular in Japan, Korea, and beyond.
About the Author
KAZUHIKO NAKAMURA is a professor of human psychology in the Humanities Department and the head of the Human Relations Research Center at Nanzan University. His areas of expertise include organization development, human relations training, and group dynamics. He is a member of the NTL Institute in America and completed their certificate program for organization development.
In this Book
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Introduction
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Story 1: The Unchanging Workplace
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1 The Human Side of Workplaces and Organizations
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2 Technical Problems and Adaptive Challenges
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3 Adaptive Challenges and Organization Development
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Story 2: Meeting a Supporter of Organization Development
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2-1 What Exactly is Organization Development?
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2-2 Steps in Organization Development
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2-3 What Exactly is a Discussion?
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Story 3: Building a Core Team
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3-1 The Importance of Trying to See What You Can’t See
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3-2 The Core Team to Propel Change
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3-3 Propelling Organization Development
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3-4 Process Consultation—How Do Supporters Support Organization Development?
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Story 4: Toward Being Able to Teach Each Other
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4-1 Moving from Individual Work to Cooperation
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4-2 Expanding Organization Development
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4-3 Dealing with Resistance to Change
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Story 5: Outgrowing Focus on Individual Work and Achievements
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5-1 Differences in Mindsets
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5-2 Discussion with People You're in Conflict with
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Story 6: From Confrontation to Cooperation
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6-1 Implementing Cooperation within a Group
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6-2 The Growth and Development of an Organization or Workplace
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Epilogue: What Does It Mean for an Organization to Change?
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Afterword
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References
