Managing Change: Manga for Success Kazuhiko Nakamura (Nanzan University) 9781394176229

CREATE A HIGH-PERFORMING TEAM BY EMPLOYING EFFECTIVE CHANGE MANAGEMENT

Do you want to improve your current workplace or organization? Organization Development can teach you what steps you can take to achieve your goals. You'll follow Chuji, a store manager at an automobile company who's been sent to a troubled dealership branch and learn from the challenges he faces as he implements a series of managerial changes only to meet resistance and hostility from employees and leaders. You'll also learn about:

• How to overcome obstacles and resistance to organizational change
• How to employ the principles of visibility, communication, and visioning while leveraging the strengths of your team
• The science of organizational development

Managing Change is an indispensable roadmap to effective change management that will help you shift the mindset of your team members from individualism to one focused on the good of the organization and the team as a whole. Find out why the Manga For Success series-now available in English for the first time-is so popular in Japan, Korea, and beyond.

KAZUHIKO NAKAMURA is a professor of human psychology in the Humanities Department and the head of the Human Relations Research Center at Nanzan University. His areas of expertise include organization development, human relations training, and group dynamics. He is a member of the NTL Institute in America and completed their certificate program for organization development.