2019 Emerald Literati Awards won by Dr David Rosenbaum

Dr David Rosenbaum, Senior Lecturer in Management and Discipline Leader at Top Education Institute, has received significant recognition for his published research paper titled 'Planned organisational change management –forward to the past? An exploratory literature review '. Published in Journal of Organizational Change Management, the article has been selected by the editorial team as an Outstanding Paper in the 2019 Emerald Literati Awards. The article was chosen as a winner and seen by the judging panel as “one of the most exceptional pieces of work the team has seen throughout 2018”.

Abstract:

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to identify the development of planned organisational change models (POCMs) since Lewin’s three-step model and to highlight key linkages between them.

Design/methodology/approach
A total of 13 commonly used POCMs were identified and connections with Lewin’s three-step framework and associated process attributes were made, reflecting the connections between these models and Lewin.

Findings
The findings show that first Lewin’s three-step model represents a framework for planned change; however, these steps could not be viewed in isolation of other interrelated processes, including action research, group dynamics, and force field analysis. These process steps underpin the iterative aspects of his model. Second, all 13 POCMs have clearly identified linkages to Lewin, suggesting that the ongoing development of POCMs is more of an exercise in developing ongoing procedural steps to support change within the existing framework of the three-step model.

Research limitations/implications
The authors recognise that the inclusion of additional POCMs would help strengthen linkages to Lewin. The findings from this paper refocus attention on the three-step model, suggesting its ongoing centrality in planned organisational change rather than it being dismissed as an historical approach from which more recently developed models have become more relevant.

Practical implications
This paper presents opportunities for organisational change management researchers to challenge their thinking with regard to the ongoing search for model refinement, and for practitioners in the design and structure of POCM.

Originality/value
An analysis of the ongoing relevance of Lewin and his linkage with modern POCMs assist in rationalising the broadening, and often confusing literature on change. This paper therefore not only contributes to filtering such literature, but also helps clarify the myriad of POCMs and their use.

Dr David Rosenbaum
Senior Lecturer and Discipline Leader in Management at Sydney City School of Business, Top Education Institute

Content sourced from: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JOCM-06-2015-0089/full/html#abstract