ABSTRACT
This chapter explores some of the underlying aspects of the theories of change and explains conceptualize change as a concept. This is by no means a simple task as there are innumerable organizational change definitions, models and explanations. In order to change an organization a leader should try to understand the unique culture, values and social structure of the organization, how and why people do the things they do in a particular organization. The chapter presents the issue of different perspectives of change illustrates some of the diverse ways in which change can be viewed and analyzed, revealing different lenses of the kaleidoscope of change. The Lewin's three-step model has inspired numerous researchers by introducing the idea of dividing the change process into phases. On the one hand, advocates for the emergent perspective criticize planned change for being unrealistic because their ideas do not align with how things really are at the front line of change.
