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A Review Of Chapters 4-8 Of Making Sense Of Change Management By Cameron And Green

A REVIEW OF
CHAPTERS 4-8 OF
Making Sense Of Change Management
BY CAMERON AND GREEN


By

Bill Muniz



A Book Review
Submitted to Students Enrolled in EM 540
Engineering Resource Management


Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, Michigan
April, 2007

Abstract
This paper provides students with a summary overview of the last five chapters of Making Sense Of Change Management., by Cameron and Green (2004). The intent of this paper is to enhance students' understanding of the principles of organizational change management. Key terms are provided with each chapter summary. Five multiple-choice and five true-false quiz questions are also presented, with references to related instructional objectives, and to the locations in this paper and in the book where the correct answers may be found.

Table of Contents

Abstract. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Instructional Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Summary Overview of Chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4. Leading change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
5. Restructuring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
6. Mergers and acquisitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
7. Cultural change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
8. IT-based process change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Summary and Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....