Robert Chin and Kenneth D. Benne: Change Management Biography

Mary A. Barnes ()
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Mary A. Barnes: George Washington University

Chapter 18 in The Palgrave Handbook of Organizational Change Thinkers, 2017, pp 285-295 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Robert Chin and Kenneth Benne spent key years in the middle of their careers working and collaborating with each other. Chin came from a social psychology background while Benne was from an educational philosophy background. During their time together, they founded an interdisciplinary Human Relations Center at Boston University, cowrote a seminal book on planned change with Warren Bennis and, within that text, developed three key strategies for implementing a planned change. Even in their organizational change work, there was always a social undertone to their work. Perhaps more important than the seminal work in planned change that is still referenced today was their individual and collaborative goal to help others accept and leverage – and not just tolerate – diversity in the social system. This chapter discusses their individual influences and motivations, their collaborative work and contributions to the change community, and how their work, both together and separate, inspired others.

Keywords: Planned change; Change strategies; Organizational change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-52878-6_5

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