A coherent, concise look at the elements that go into new business initiatives.
A detailed guide to the practical aspects of organizational change.
Bevan (Changemaking, 2011) presents a companion volume to his previous business book. This one focuses on the specifics of how to successfully manage significant changes within a corporation. Each chapter provides an overview of fundamental management aspects, such as negotiating stakeholder support or measuring outcomes. Much of the book’s substance, however, is contained in its numerous checklists, which provide readers with an overall framework for planning and executing major corporate activities. Clear communication is at the heart of Bevan’s approach, and it’s a key theme that appears in nearly every chapter: “[I]f the core message is not reduced to a few key points, audiences will draw their own conclusions. Unable or unwilling to study the full, long, and complex story, they will instead rely on hearsay and their own assumptions.” Many checklists cover various aspects of communication, such as explaining details to employees or convincing another manager to assign staff to a project. Other checklists enumerate common problems that may be encountered during the change process, along with strategies for overcoming them. Along with communication, the book stresses the importance of allowing company leadership to constantly evaluate the success of new activities, and make necessary changes if goals aren’t being met. Each chapter also contains a well-written case study that illustrates its particular concept, which helps enhance the book’s practical utility. The book does have its quirks—in particular, a distracting tendency to list examples in footnotes instead of in the narrative itself—and one case study appears twice, in the body of the text and in an appendix. However, its overall checklist structure, and its approach of breaking down each aspect of success into its components, make it a worthwhile addition to a manager’s bookshelf.
A coherent, concise look at the elements that go into new business initiatives.Pub Date: N/A
ISBN: 978-0-9835588-3-5
Page Count: -
Publisher: ChangeStart Press
Review Posted Online: Jan. 2, 2015
Review Program: Kirkus Indie
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis...
Privately published by Strunk of Cornell in 1918 and revised by his student E. B. White in 1959, that "little book" is back again with more White updatings.
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis (whoops — "A bankrupt expression") a unique guide (which means "without like or equal").Pub Date: May 15, 1972
ISBN: 0205632645
Page Count: 105
Publisher: Macmillan
Review Posted Online: Oct. 28, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1972
This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)
Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996
ISBN: 0-15-100227-4
Page Count: 136
Publisher: Harcourt
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996
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