Helping Line Managers to Be Change Agents.

Thompson, John T.

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ERIC Number: EJ241909

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1981-Apr

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Helping Line Managers to Be Change Agents.

Thompson, John T.

Training and Development Journal, v35 n4 p52-56 Apr 1981

While most organizational development consultants agree that managers are the real change agents, the profession has been slow to actively prepare managers to create and manage change. This article identifies barriers to helping the manager and offers guidelines for more effective consultant behavior. (LRA)

Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Consultants, Consultation Programs, Management Development, Management Systems, Organizational Climate, Organizational Development, Supervisors

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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