Change management is omnipresent in organisations as companies have to transform constantly. This applies not only to large corporations operating in an international context, but also to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Yet executing a change project is accompanied by great challenges and most change initiatives are not entirely successful. Despite the fact that SMEs are the backbone of the German economy little empirical work has been done concerning change management in these companies. Tim Fritzenschaft explores the issue how SMEs can deal with resistance to change and which critical success factors of change management are most important in a transformation project.

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Hochschule Heilbronn, Heilbronn, Germany

Tim Fritzenschaft

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Tim Fritzenschaft studied at the Universities of Heilbronn (M.A) and West London (M.Sc) and is currently working on his doctoral thesis.

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Book Title: Critical Success Factors of Change Management
Book Subtitle: An Empirical Research in German Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Authors: Tim Fritzenschaft
Series Title: BestMasters
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-04549-4
Publisher: Springer Gabler Wiesbaden
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-04548-7Published: 20 December 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-04549-4Published: 12 December 2013
Series ISSN: 2625-3577
Series E-ISSN: 2625-3615
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 196
Number of Illustrations: 39 b/w illustrations
Topics: Business and Management, general, Management, Human Resource Management

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

Objective of the Research

Methodology

Literature Review on Change Management

Empirical Research

Conclusion and Recommendations

Back Matter

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