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Coping with Change‐ Necessary Content in Management Development?
Author(s) -
Worledge L.A.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
asia pacific journal of human resources
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1744-7941
pISSN - 1038-4111
DOI - 10.1177/103841118001700304
Subject(s) - coping (psychology) , organizational change , knowledge management , psychology , dimension (graph theory) , change management (itsm) , process management , computer science , public relations , business , political science , marketing , psychotherapist , mathematics , lean manufacturing , pure mathematics
This paper focuses on one dimension of the managerial role‐the manager's ability to come to grips with change. The widespread adoption of open systems thinking requires the recognition of the sensitivity of the organisation to external forces beyond its direct control. The theme of the paper is to explore the case for recognition of change aspects in management training and development programs and to give explicit recognition to the needs of managers to be prepared to cope with the rapid build‐up of change pressures. Thus account is taken of knowledge, skills and attitudes involved in coping with change, at the personal level.