The Dynamics of Change is the first book to explore the fundamental question of what change really is rather than just describing how it can best be managed.
The book investigates how systems thinking and interdisciplinary insights from philosophy, sociology and the natural sciences can greatly enhance our understanding of change. Features of the work include:
- a review of the organisational change literature
- an introduction to systems thinking
- a change framework built up from key change building blocks
- examples of change dynamics from the natural and physical sciences, and how they apply to our understanding of change within organisations
- numerous summary tables and illustrative graphics

This text gives an insight into the world of change and transition. Aimed at both organizational change practitioners and academics, it tackles the fundamental question "what is change?" - in the belief that any answers will significantly improve our attempts to manage it more effectively. The book charts a journey through a range of subjects including complexity science, nuclear physics, climatology, chemistry and chaos theory, examining many change phenomena and the lessons they have to offer organizational and system thinkers. Key features include: a review of the organizational change literature; an introduction to systems thinking; a change framework built up from key change building blocks; examples of change dynamics from the natural and physical sciences, and how they apply to our understanding of change within organizations; and summary tables and illustrative graphics.