1. Is empirical research on ‘transformational leadership’ an important contribution to understanding change leadership? 2. What are the major strengths and weaknesses of Karl Weick’s sensemaking perspective on organisational change? 3. Compare and contrast Andrew Pettigrew’s (1997) ‘processual’ approach to organisational change to the ‘process perspective’ of Tsoukas and Chia (2002) 4. What are the major strengths and weaknesses of n-step or stage models in capturing how processes of organisational change unfold (Collins, 1998; Chia 1999, Randall 2004; Langley et al 2013). 5. Why are the attempts by managers and change agents to manage all possible sources of resistance to organisational change often misguided?
