The Rediscovery of the Human Being and the Future of Change Management

Frank E. P. Dievernich ()
Additional contact information
Frank E. P. Dievernich: Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts

A chapter in Change Management and the Human Factor, 2015, pp 9-18 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Change management means change, but it cannot theoretically or practically be envisioned without a sense for the “opposite” state that it is built on. If change is understood as the difference between two distinct states, then change would refer to one (defined and observed) state that is distinct from another (undefined and unobserved) state. There are good reasons to consider that state a state of stability. This perception has been lost in the recent past—and with it the ability to manage change successfully and, above all, sustainably. Without stability, change becomes an empty construct, bereft of substance and revolving eternally around itself. This essay recovers the individual as a structural component of organizations that is able to establish the stability that change needs in order to function, i.e. to create a substantial difference in hyperdynamic organizational life.

Keywords: Human Resource Management; Change Management; Constant Change; Puzzle Piece; Modern Organization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-319-07434-4_2

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/9783319074344

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-07434-4_2

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Springer Books from Springer
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().