Program/Project Management Resource List #44

Revised March 2009

Provided by the NASA Headquarters Library

"One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.", Walter Bagehot, Physics and Politics.

A change agent is to organizational change as a director is to a play. The director knows the script and has a vision of what the play should look like when it is presented to an audience, but the actors need to be guided and inspired to bring that vision into reality. An agent of organizational change has a vision of what needs to be done for his organization to remain vital and thriving in our rapidly changing age, but must guide and inspire others in the organization to join them. For additional materials on monitoring and properly setting the pace of organizational change and crafting and delivering one's vision, please see our resource lists on Change Management, Vision and Strategic Planning, and Management Communication.

All items are available at the Headquarters Library, except as noted. NASA Headquarters employees and contractors: call x0172 or email Library@hq.nasa.gov for information on borrowing or in-library use of any of these items. Members of the public, contact your local library for the availability of these items. NASA Headquarters employees can request additional materials or research on this topic. The Library welcomes your comments or suggestions about this webpage.

Books

Bennet, Alex and David Bennet. Organizational Survival in the New World: The Intelligent Complex Adaptive System. Amsterdam; Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2004.

HD58.8 .B46 O74 2004 PPM-STACKS

 

Dunphy, Dexter C. Organizational Change for Corporate Sustainability: A Guide for Leaders and Change Agents of the Future. London; New York: Routledge, 2003.

HD58.8 .D86 2003 PPM-STACKS

 

Holton, Elwood F. and Timothy T. Baldwin (eds.) Improving Learning Transfer in Organizations. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2003.

HD58.82 .I47 2003 PPM-STACKS

 

Hutton, David W. The Change Agents' Handbook: A Survival Guide for Quality Improvement Champions. Milwaukee, WI: ASQC Quality Press, 1994.

HD58.8 .H88 1994 PPM-STACKS

Articles and Reports

Ainsley, J.R., and James Riordan. "DoD and the Change Paradigm: Change Agents Versus Established Service Roles, Missions, and Cultures", Acquisition Review Quarterly, Spring 1999, p. 131-146.

(ADA372002: (Jan. 2000) DTIC)

 

Center for Mental Health in Schools at UCLA. Organization Facilitators: A Key Change Agent for Systemic School and Community Changes. Los Angeles, CA: Center for Mental Health in Schools at UCLA, 2006.

(ED501401: (Oct. 2006) ERIC)

 

Coplin, W.D., A.E. Merget, and C. Bourdeaux. "The Professional Researcher as Change Agent in the Government-Performance Movement", Public Administration Review, vol. LXII, no. 6 (2002), p. 699-711.

 

Hopper, Tim. General Merrill A. McPeak: An Effective Change Agent?. Maxwell Air Force Base, AL: Air War College, 1997.

(ADA398135: (Jan. 2002) DTIC)

 

Slavin, Adam M., and Joan Brune Woodard. Enterprise Transformation: Lessons Learned, Pathways to Success. SAND2006-2228. Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, May 1, 2006.

(884723: (April 2007) DOE Information Bridge)

 

Tripses, Jenny S., and Michael D. Risen. Social Change Agents: Counselors, Principals, and Human Service Administrators' Action for Social Justice. ERIC: Washington, DC, 2005.

(ED490579: (Aug. 2005) ERIC)

Internet Resources

NASA Leadership Development Program. July 23, 2008 [March 12, 2009].

http://ldp.nasa.gov/index.htm

 

The Partnership for Public Service. 2009 [March 12, 2009].

http://ourpublicservice.org/OPS/