Managing Organisational Change, Google eBook: Edition 3

MALCOLM RIMMER is the Head of the Regional School of Business at La Trobe University where he is also chair of the Academic Board. He has published extensively on industrial relations, HRM and change management, and is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences of Australia. Since 2006 he has been co-editor of the Asia Pacifi c Journal of HR. He has consulted widely for government, business and trade union organisations.

AARON SMITH is a professor and Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor (Industry Engagement)in the College of Business at RMIT University. He was previously Director of Sport and Leisure Management and held the chair of Sport Management at La Trobe University. Aaron has also worked for Deakin University and Victoria University. Aaron has research interests in the management of psychological, organisational and policy change in business, and sport and health, and has authored 11 books which examine these issues. He has consulted extensively in the Asia–Pacific, Europe, North America and the Middle East to a diverse range of clients, including multinational corporations, professional sporting clubs, national and state sport associations, media companies, sport and entertainment facilities, and government.

ANN LAWRENCE is a senior lecturer in the Deakin Business School. Ann’s research has examined the effect of individual and organisational value congruence on occupational groups and organisational effectiveness. She has also co-authored numerous papers on Human Resource Development, individual–organisational value congruence, organisational commitment, and ethical values in human resource management. Ann is the unit chair of Human Resource Management in the Deakin Graduate School’s MBA program and the Co–Director of the China Studies Program.