Week 1: Introducing Change Management

Week 1: Readings
Required Readings
Burnes, B. (2017). Managing Change (7th ed). UK: Pearson Education Limited. (Chapter 1)

Graetz, F., & Smith, A. T. (2010). Managing Organizational Change: A Philosophies of Change
Approach. Journal of Change Management, 10(2), 135–154.

Heifetz, R. A., & Linsky, M. (2002). A Survival Guide for Leaders. Harvard Business Review, 80(6), 65–74.

Lines, R. (2007). Using Power to Install Strategy: The Relationships between Expert Power,
Position Power, Influence Tactics and Implementation Success. Journal of Change Management, 7(2),
143–170.

Optional Readings
Boal, K. B., & Hooijberg, R. (2000). Strategic leadership research: Moving on . Leadership Quarterly,
11(4), 515-549

Week 2: Learning to Appreciate Resistance to Change

Week 2: Readings
Required Readings
Bareil, C. (2013). Two paradigms about resistance to change . Organization Development Journal, 31(3),
59-71.

Burnes, B. (2015). Understanding Resistance to Change – Building on Coch and French. Journal of
Change Management, 15(2), 92–116.

Ford, J. D., & Ford, L. W. (2009). Decoding Resistance to Change. Harvard Business Review, 87(4), 99–
103.

Kotter, J. P., & Schlesinger, L. A. (2008). Choosing Strategies for Change. Harvard Business Review,
86(7/8), 130–139.

Strebel, P. (1996). Why Do Employees Resist Change? Harvard Business Review, 74(3), 86–92.

Optional Reading
Burnes, B. (2017). Managing Change (7th ed). UK: Pearson Education Limited. (Chapter 2 and 3) ****suggest
using as reference rather than reading.

Week 3: The Impact of Organizational Structure on Change

Week 3: Readings
Required Readings
Hirschhorn, L. (2002). Campaigning for Change. Harvard Business Review, 80(7), 98–104.

Johnson-Cramer, M., Parise, S., & Cross, R. (2007). Managing Change through Networks and Values.
California Management Review, 49(3), 85–109.

Optional Reading
Burnes, B. (2017). Managing Change (7th ed). UK: Pearson Education Limited. (Chapter 4 and 5) ****suggest
using as reference rather than reading.

Lehmann, S. (2017). Bridging strategies and action: towards a method for change management in
danish emergency management organizations. Journal of Change Management, 17(2), 138–154.

Week 4: The Role of Culture, Power, and Politics in Managing Changes

Week 4: Readings
Required Readings
Burnes, B. (2017). Managing Change (7th ed). UK: Pearson Education Limited. (Chapter 7)

Optional Reading
Scharmer, C. O. (2008). Uncovering the blind spot of leadership . Leader to Leader, 2008(47), 52-59

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