This volume providesnew conceptual insights, robust empirical studies, and thought-provoking chapters to help organizations improve health and wellbeing insociety. Some chapters dothis by addressing macro-level change: for example, consulting at the eco-system level anddiscussing the challenges...

Preface / Richard W. Woodman, William A. Pasmore, Abraham B. (Rami) Shani -- A new horizon for organizational change and development scholarship : connecting planned and emergent change / Reut Livne-Tarandach, Jean M. Bartunek -- Coaching for sustained desired change / Melvin L. Smith, Ellen B....

A large literature has been generated about sustainability, and many organizations, governments, communities, and citizens have focused on it. Yet, given how quickly the limits of the current models of the global economy are being approached, we must accelerate the rate at which we learn to...

Healthcare, as it is currently organized, is not sustainable. Healthcare systems in the developed world are encountering increased demand for high quality healthcare but facing societal resource limits. Healthcare managers, professionals and academics worldwide are debating how to redesign its...

Volume Eighteen of Research in Organizational Change and Development contains nine papers that address cutting edge challenges in organizational change, report the results of change-related research, and advocate methodological advances in the field. Papers by noted international authors such as...