This text provides an overview of the theoretical and research foundation for our current understanding of organization change including the types of change organizations experience.

Sources for understanding organization change -- Rethinking organization change -- A brief history of organization change -- Theoretical foundations of organizations and organization change -- The nature of organization change -- Levels of organization change : individual, group, and larger system -- Organization change : research and theory -- Conceptual models for understanding organization change -- Integrated models for understanding organizations and for leading and managing change -- The Burke-Litwin causal model of organization performance and change -- Application of the Burke-Litwin model -- Transformational leadership -- Leading organization change -- Organization change : integration and future needs.