Critical Review and Practical Application of Change Management: The Case of a Higher Education Institution
Year: 2011
Type: preprint
Abstract: The chief objective of this study is to critically review the underlying concepts of different change management approaches, change manager roles and provide a framework for understanding their impacts on organisational reformation in higher education. The article includes observations of the evolution of change management and the shifting role of change managers. The study also incorporates real life case from Bulgaria highlighting important aspects of the change management process, which provides valuable insights to identifying the principal protrusions of change on the operations of a Bulgarian higher education institution. Finally, the paper provides recommendations to practitioners as for how to mitigate failure rates during the process of implementing change.
Source: SSRN Electronic Journal
Authors: Владимир Сашов Жечев, Stanislav Ivanov
Institution: University of Economics Varna
Language: English
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2275087891