Deep Change (eBook)

ROBERT E. QUINN, author of Beyond Rational Management (Jossey-Bass, 1991) and Becoming a Master Manager (2nd edition, 1996), helps business and government leaders understand and manage organizational life through his teaching, consulting, books, and numerous published articles. He holds the Margaret Elliot Tracy Collegiate Professorship of organizational behavior and human resource management at the Graduate School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Preface

Part One: Deep Change or Slow Death

1. Walking Naked into the Land of Uncertainty

2. Confronting the Deep Change or Slow Death Dilemma

Part Two: Personal Change

3. The Fear of Change

4. The Heroic Journey

5. Finding Vitality

6. Breaking the Logic of Task Pursuit

7. A New Perspective

8. Confronting the Integrity Gap

9. Build the Bridge as You Walk on It

Part Three: Changing the Organization

10. Denying the Need for Change

11. Finding the Source of the Trouble

12. When Success Is the Engine of Failure

13. The Tyranny of Competence

14. The Internally Driven Leader

Part Four: Vision, Risk, and the Creation of Excellence

15. Overcoming Resistance

16. From Manager to Leader

17. Why Risk is Necessary

18. The Transformational Cycle

19. Excellence is a Form of Deviance

20. Confronting the Undiscussable

21. A Vision from Within

22. The Power of One

23. The Power of Many

"Deep Change should be mandatory reading for every business leader seeking the strength, direction, energy, and inspiration to shape organizational transformation." -Thomas C. Jones, president, CIGNA Individual Insurance.