Change Fatigue Revisited

CHAPTER 4

Change Models

No Silver Bullets

Leaders facing an unstable environment attempt to deal with change through the conception and implementation of change management programs. Many change management programs or frameworks have been offered by academic theorists and practitioners since the 1970s. These programs often are presented in a form that suggests that change is an event or cycle to be managed (e.g., Kotter, Jick, and Bridges). It could be argued that event- or cycle-focused change management models may not be as effective in a chaotic environment because these models often present change management models as linear, one-dimensional responses. Additionally, the impression could be created in a practitioner that these models have a ...