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About the Author
Susan Rosina Whittle, BA, MSc, PhD, MIC, has been an organization consultant, academic and participatory researcher for 20 years and she has worked with clients from manufacturing, construction, local and national government, health, and the prison service. She is currently Co-Director of The Practitioner Certificate in Consulting and Change (P3C) programme validated through The Tavistock Institute, London, and was core faculty on the University of Birmingham's Masters Programme in Leading Public Service Change and Organizational Development. Dr Whittle has delivered and examined master's level programmes in organization development, consulting, change, and management in several universities and provided bespoke programmes for organizations such as the Institute of Directors. For several years she had a core faculty role on The Tavistock Institute of Human Relations MA in Advanced Organizational Consultation, accredited through City University London, and held external examiner roles on HRM and OD masters programmes at Manchester Business School. Robin Stevens, JD, MA, is an organizational consultant who also has extensive expertise in the management of complex functions. She consults to large public agencies and other organizations to focusing on organizational design, processes, and procedures particularly in the areas of supply chain and project management. Robin Stevens formerly worked for New York City Transit in a variety of positions focused on supply chain management, including as Vice President of the Materiel Division. She holds an MA degree in Advanced Organisational Consultation from City University London in conjunction with The Tavistock Institute, and was formerly the Director of the Organization Program of the William Alanson White Institute in New York City.
Reviews
'This impressive work deepens our understanding of this basic, yet insufficiently considered aspect of organizational change, engaging in the change process as an insider. This work is indispensable for managers, consultants, students and others who want to understand the change process while functioning in a role that has a physical or psychological attachment to the organization. Susan Rosina Whittle and Robin C. Stevens have collected readings that cover an array of the psychological pitfalls and psychodynamics that change agents experience. This is a must read for those wanting to look at the process of organizational change, not from the outside, but from the inside.' William Czander, St. Thomas Aquinas College, USA 'Changing Organizations from Within is a great book and is bound to be of interest to all practitioners as well as anyone interested in getting under the skin of many of the challenges in changing organizations. The insights and understandings developed here about the relationship between consulting and leading, as well as the increasing importance of the internal consulting role, are particularly rewarding.' Sarah Kemp, Chief Executive, Trinity College London, UK 'This clear and insightful collection takes us through the key dilemmas in the consulting process from the challenging perspective of the internal consultant or change agent working on the boundary of an organisation. The light touch approach to relational and psychodynamic theories makes the readings widely accessible, will help the consultant to (re-)conceptualize themselves in role, and others to understand the complex processes at play from a different viewpoint. The engaging range of experiences recounted in the book provides a hugely valuable resource.' Camilla Child, The Tavistock Institute, UK
Book Information
ISBN 9781409449683
Author Susan Rosina Whittle
Format Hardback
Page Count 216
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 566g