'A fantastic addition to any change management module. The case studies and activities embedded are practical, enabling students to transfer the concepts of change management into any business scenario and the consultancy in the chair activity enables students to holistically bring together knowledge gained from across the textbook.'

Samantha Burvill, Swansea University, UK

'Organizational Change in Action lives up to its title, combining relevant theory with many thoughtful activities, which make change ideas and practices come to life! It integrates strategic thinking in an accessible way while covering a broad range of the key elements and challenges in change work. Its closing chapter is unflinching in its analyses of the ethical issues that change agents confront and must address. This is a significant and novel contribution to the field of change management!'

Ann Armstrong, University of Toronto, Canada

'This is the textbook I needed when teaching my organizational development and change leadership class. The authors do a great job in providing the foundations for teaching others how to lead change and the “why's” behind it. By using this textbook with other change models, case studies, and online resources, students can learn what leading successful change requires. Because, as the book says, 'leading change is very hard work…''

Chuck Kalnbach, University of Oregon, US

'I really like this textbook, it offers a useful integration of theory and practice, particularly through its sustained attention to the lived, human experience of organisational change rather than treating change as a purely technical or managerial problem. The consistent focus on employability ... enhances the book's relevance for both students and early career practitioners...' - Catherine Botting, University of York, UK