First handbook to analyze and offer a comprehensive view of the field from both a personal and theoretical perspective

Provides an in-depth review of the ideas of prominent organizational change thinkers

Provides an unbiased view of the enduring theories and models of organizational change

Offers an understanding of how a scholar's personal concerns provide a motivation for the hard work that breakthrough thinking requires

Provides career guidance to young scholars in that many paths can lead to success as a scholar or practitioner

Demonstrates the importance of learning from the actual experience of attempting to bring about change in teams, organizations and society