Foreword II

It is no longer a secret that change management has become a success factor for all types of change processes. More so, change management has become such a hype that the market seems to be literally flooded with lots of new books on theoretical methods and models or practical tips and guidelines. There is hardly any book that has developed into a standard work so far that one “must have read”; may be due to the fact that it is extremely difficult, on the one hand, to develop universal theories preferably which, on the other hand, can be applied to an almost limitless number of different situations and contexts.

The present change management has evolved from the classical organization development. As organization development is a ...

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