This book provides a compact overview of the subject of change management. The 3rd, fully updated and expanded edition contains a comprehensible introduction to the fundamentals and techniques of organizational change and conveys the most important success factors in a practical manner. The proven structure of the work is also found in this new edition. The reading is suitable for practitioners as well as in the context of courses at colleges and universities. Topics such as stakeholder analysis, the use of the social intranet for communication and idea generation or intrapreneurship programs and a whole series of new case studies complement this comprehensive work. From the contents:--The meaning of change in today's corporate world--Hindrances to change--Causes of failed corporate change--Success factors of successful change: person, vision, communication, participation, integration, re-education, project organization, consultation, evolution--Case studies, checklists and practical tipsThe author:Prof. Dr. Thomas Lauer has been teaching corporate management at the Technical University of Aschaffenburg for over ten years. His areas of expertise include change management, strategic management, innovation management and customer-oriented management. In his teaching and publishing activities, he contributes profound experience from many years of consulting for well-known large companies and combines this with current developments from theory and empirical research.