Comprehensive Book Review: Management Strategy, Innovation, and Change

This report provides a critical review of the book "Organizational Changes- Development and Transformation," authored by Dianne M. Waddell, Andrew Creed, Thomas G. Cummings, and Christopher G. Worley. The review examines the book's core themes, including transformational management, organizational change, and development processes, highlighting its significance in today's business environment. The report also incorporates insights from five journal articles to support the review, discussing topics such as organizational transformation, change agents, data-driven change management, and the application of big data in human resources. The review emphasizes the book's comprehensive approach to organizational change, its relevance to modern management practices, and its integration with contemporary research in the field. The report concludes by summarizing the key takeaways and the importance of the book in understanding organizational development and change management.

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Abstract
The research has been done to present a review of the book titled “Organizational Changes-
Development and Transformation”. A professional review has been presented here that
starts from the title of the book and ends with the concluding part of the review. The review
is important as because it has helped to gain an idea on Transformational management and its
importance in the modern day business world. The induction of a number of different themes
has made the research unique and has helped to provide the readers a different angle to the
existing idea on Organizational Development and Change Management Process.

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Table of Contents
Abstract......................................................................................................................................2
Title............................................................................................................................................4
Introduction................................................................................................................................4
Critical review of the book.........................................................................................................5
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................9
References and Bibliography...................................................................................................11

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Title
The book is titled “Organizational Changes- Development and Transformation”.
The book has focused on the Development and Transformation of the modern day
organizations. The book has been authored by a total of four different highly qualified writers
who have quite significant experience in the research of the different types of the
management organizational research. The book has been authored by Dianne M. Waddell,
Andrew Creed, Thomas G Cummings and last but not the least Christopher G Worley. The
book has been published by the renowned Cengage Learning.
Introduction
The title “Organizational Changes- Development and Transformation” is quite
important as it has supported the entire concept of the modern day operations of the business.
Organizational changes have been one of the most important developments in business
methodologies in the past decade. The major importance of the organizational changes lies in
the suitability and sustainability of an organization in the competitive market. The book here
has been a class in its own as it has hardly missed out any major details regarding
Organizational change management. The most important part that must be noted while
studying the book is the inclusion of the different kinds of the applications that includes the
likes of the Success of Australian Entrepreneurs in South-East Asia, optimization of mobile
technology and the providence on the information related to the conceptualization of the
planned change has raised the importance and feasibility of the book.
The book has an exceptional cover and starts off with the information regarding
Cengage Learning. The book is the 6th edition of the subject and the publishers have also
provided a detailed list on the name of the different people associated with the completion of
the book as a commercial version of the writing. The list has shown the professional nature of

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the authors and the publishers. The copyright notice has also been provided accordingly
which suggests the discipline shown by the publishers to publish the book in an ethical and
right process. However, a major thing that almost goes unnoticed is the proper and unique
arrangement of the content tables of the book. There are a number of different parts in the
content table where the 1st part has been titled Brief Contents and all the major contents that
has been researched in the book has been provided accordingly. There are other parts where
the sub sections of the different aspects have been mentioned and lastly the integrative case
studies have been provided. This makes the starting of the book a great one with different
new formats and increases the interest of the readers towards the books.
Critical review of the book
The book has been written on the Development and Transformation of the
organizational changes. The Book describes the change management as a challenge to the
environment in which the work of the changes are done in a volatile manner. The
development of the globalization and the changes in the transformation process is important
for the organizational sustainability. The study of the change management process and the
prospect for the management of the others is quite a tough task for the organization. The
authors have described organizational transformation as the major trend of the modern times
as it is the major aspect that receives the headlines from the media. The book has been one of
the best works that has described the process of application of proper behavioural science
knowledge and practices. This practice helps the management of the organizations to gain a
successful and greater effectiveness. This includes an increase in the financial performance of
the business as well as the changes in the quality of the work process. However, the authors
have clarified their expression on the same by eliminating the other efforts like change
management, technological innovation, development and training process from the system.
The book also stands unique just because the characteristics of Organizational Development

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has been presented here in the most effective manner. The authors have provided their
expertise on the different kinds of the organizational characteristics that includes planned and
unplanned activities, stability and instability as well as total system and specific focus
system. The book has been developed in a professional manner as the authors have provided
a clear and different expertise on the development of the perfect definition of Organizational
Development. The providence of different types of the definitions made by other authors on
organizational development has been a great example of professional book editing by skilled
authors.
The book as also presented a clear and important aspect of change management which
includes the likes of the different types of the interdependencies in between the change
processes. The authors have presented a great view of the interdependencies of the strategy,
structure as well as the different processes. The changes of Organizational development in the
improvement of the organizational effectiveness has been highlighted in the following book.
The fact that organizational Development is fascinated towards organizational effectiveness
can be said to be an important aspect of the book. Organizational development in the modern
world is directly linked with organizational effectiveness and therefore the study of the
following aspect has brought in an additional speciality to the book. Another major reason for
the book having an increased significance in the modern times is the description on the
purpose of choosing organizational development as the case of the study. The discussion of
the organizational development process and the providence on the information regarding the
strategic change management background has further added to the importance of the subject.
The presence of organizational culture discussion, discussion of the chaotic and unpredictable
environment of the business organizations have further added to the importance of the
following study. The study has been further intensified with the use of five different journal
articles that has been selected to discuss the importance and value of the book that is being

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reviewed in this process. The discussion of the five different journal articles on organizational
development and change management process has been done in a total separate manner.
“How Organizational Transformation Has Been Continuously Changing and Not
Changing by Jean M. Bartunek, Elise B. Jones Research in Organizational Change and
Development”
The journal article here has discussed on the constantly changing nature of the
organization from time to time and its evolution. The research of the two authors in the
subject has dealt with the drift of the transformation system of the organization from a change
to a continuous change. The research has focused on the importance of the organizational
changes that has happened over in the last 3 decades. The changes and the discussion of their
nature since a long time back has paved the way for the presentation of the organizational
development and the process of transformation in a detailed and scientific manner. The
references and use of the appreciative inquiry as well as the dialogic organizational
development supports the theory of changes made in the book “Organizational Changes-
Development and Transformation”. The most important part of the book has been the levels
of the analysis in the organizational development interventions. Therefore the following
article can be said to be a great reference for the book and provides important information
regarding organizational development.
AGENTS OF CHANGE: INSIGHTS FROM THREE CASE STUDIES OF HOSPITAL
TRANSFORMATIONS Danielle A. Tucker and Stefano Cirella Essex Business School
University of Essex Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom
The context of the organizational change and the identification of the roles of the
change agents and practitioners has been an issue for the researchers and the scholars who are
quite important for the success of the research. The paper has presented a clear understanding

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of the different kinds of the change agents, roles of the changes, lateral organizations and
many more as such. Though the traditional roles of the change management presents the
specific roles of the employees within an organization, the contemporary change management
involves a large number of people who are involved in the transformation process or change
process of the business enterprises. The major link of the research article with the
“Organizational Changes- Development and Transformation” lies in the discussion on the
involvement of a large group to the total developmental process of the organizations. Apart
from this their roles in the process of the change also finds a strong link to this book.
Combining organizational change management and organizational ambidexterity using
data transformation Aditi Mitra Department of Economics and Finance, Sunway
University, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia Sanjaya Singh Gaur Department of Marketing,
Sunway University Business School, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia, and Elisa Giacosa
Department of Management, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
The paper is one of the most contemporary papers on organizational development and
change management of the modern days. The use of the data driven theory has been the
major issue behind the implementation and the management of the organizational change
management. The use of the qualitative approach is quite similar to the one that has been
used in the book “Organizational Changes- Development and Transformation”. The
findings from the following research article is quite similar as it also suggests that the
organizations needs to continuously engage with the exiting data or real time information in
order to ensure a continuous nature of the change management process. The use of the
organizational change management and the change management theories clearly supports the
current book that is being reviewed. Thus it can be said that books of the same genre has a
strong link to books related to change management or organizational change process in the
market.

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Big data in an HR context: Exploring organizational change readiness, employee attitudes
and behaviours by Shah, N.; Irani, Zahir; Sharif, Amir M.
The following research is another piece of quality work that can be related to the
research presented in the book, “Organizational Changes- Development and
Transformation”. The major highlights of the following research is the application of the
big data in the Human Resource organization and its implementation to the needs of the
changes in the organization. The promotion in jobs, loyalty of the organization and the
organizational ideas are important for the implementation of the change processes. The
different changes in technological and innovative grounds makes a company to take some
decisions on bringing in new and important changes to the business. It is important for the
business organizations to be the dominant forces of change and level of employee
engagement in the organization.
A Handbook of Business Transformation Management Methodology edited by Axel Uhl
and Lars Alexander Golenia
The following process of the transformation and the use of the methodologies of
change management in the following aspect has been presented here. The organizational
transformation and the management methodologies are important for the success of the
business transformation in the process. The link to the following process is important for the
modern day management studies.

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Conclusion
The book has presented a clear and important aspect of change management which
includes the likes of the different types of the interdependencies in between the change
processes. The authors have presented a great view of the interdependencies of the strategy,
structure as well as the different processes. The changes of Organizational development in the
improvement of the organizational effectiveness has been highlighted in the following book.
The presence of organizational culture discussion, discussion of the chaotic and unpredictable
environment of the business organizations have further added to the importance of the
following study. The study has been further intensified with the use of five different journal
articles that has been selected to discuss the importance and value of the book that is being
reviewed in this process. The discussion of the five different journal articles on organizational
development and change management process has added extra importance to the review of
the book. Thus the book can be said to be a unique one with a great content that includes both
internal and external research. The use of the internal as well as the external research has
helped to include both existing and innovative new information on the topic. Overall the book
can be said to be a marvel of Organizational Development process in the contemporary
business world.

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References and Bibliography
Bartunek, J.M. and Jones, E.B., 2017. How Organizational Transformation Has Been
Continuously Changing and Not Changing. Research in Organizational Change and
Development.
Mitra, A., Gaur, S.S. and Giacosa, E., 2019. Combining organizational change management
and organizational ambidexterity using data transformation. Management decision.
Shah, N., Irani, Z. and Sharif, A.M., 2017. Big data in an HR context: Exploring
organizational change readiness, employee attitudes and behaviors. Journal of Business
Research, 70, pp.366-378.
Tucker, D.A. and Cirella, S., 2018. Agents of Change: Insights from Three Case Studies of
Hospital Transformations', Research in Organizational Change and Development (Research
in Organizational Change and Development, Volume 26).
Uhl, A. and Gollenia, L.A. eds., 2016. A handbook of business transformation management
methodology. Routledge.
Waddell, D., Creed, A., Cummings, T.G. and Worley, C.G., 2019. Organisational change:
Development and transformation. Cengage AU.