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What's happening with the site now? Why should I take a subscription? Does the site have advertising or cookies or pass your details to others? How does the site work?The site offers coverage in depth of a defined range of management topics - those directly related to the management of change in organisations. The listing of articles distinguishes which topics are covered in depth and which are relatively peripheral. For the selected subject areas, the user gets:
The site makes use of the increasingly sophisticated facilities on amazon.com and is complementary to it. The links provided to amazon.com allow the user to get alternative views of each book discussed, as well as to buy it if they wish. The articles (currently 43 of them) form the core of the site and, for most people, are the best starting point in a search. They are supported by an alphabetical listing of key words, which directs users to the most relevant topic article. The linking system will be developed further, based on feedback from users. The core site is fully accessible to anyone, without subscription. It can be linked to organisational intranets and material from the site can be downloaded or reprinted. Acknowledgement of the source of this material is requested. What's happening with the site now?We used to be bookwatch.com.au. The new site has now been completely redesigned, the subscriber newsletter has been reintroduced and a separate section of the site is nearly ready for subscribers. We will also continue to enhance the content on the basic site - for example, we have begun loading material from publishers' lists. Why should I take a subscription?Change Management Monitor is a knowledge product. It can save managers, consultants and researchers hours of work by providing an organised starting point and, often, all you need to know about an issue or topic. It also represents a very large time input to build and maintain. The subscription system is modelled on the concept of 'shareware'. You can use the basic site without charge, but you get added value and an enhanced product by paying a modest annual subscription. You also help to ensure continuation and expansion of the site content and coverage. What do subscribers get?Subscribers receive a newsletter by email every few weeks. The newsletter lists and summarises new material on the site, including reviews of material from leading journals and other sources, and commentary on other useful sites. A section of the site accessible only to subscribers is growing all the time. It contains:
Access will be by way of a password which will be regularly notified to subscribers. Find out more about what subscribers get. How do I subscribe?Click here to find out about subscription rates and payment methods. Who writes the reviews?Bill Godfrey, an experienced management consultant based in Australia, writes most of the reviews and edits and maintains the site. His consulting experience of managing change in organisations dates from 1964 to the present and includes five years at top management level in a major Australian public sector organisation as well as years of consulting to top managers. Other reviewers contribute as well. Can I contribute to the site?Reviews by site users are very welcome. Also welcome are commentary, disagreement or expansion of reviews already on the site. Reviews should be submitted to Bill Godfrey, who will edit them, seek your approval to any editorial changes, and upload them to the site. Please include all publisher details (as shown in the short reviews on the site) with any review. We are also interested in suggestions for books to be included and magazines and journals to be monitored. Please supply as much detail as possible to identify the material. Submission of useful sites is also welcome, preferably with a brief comment on what you find valuable about the site. We do not, however, list sites that are solely concerned with promoting the services of an organization or a person. Does the site have advertising or cookies or pass your details to others?The site carries no advertising and is completely independent of commercial support other than subscriptions. While some revenue is derived from sales of books through Amazon.com, when sourced through the site, we have no interest in promoting individual books. No subscriber information is passed to any other party and we do not contact subscribers except on issues directly related to subscriptions or subscriber requests for information. No cookies or similar code are used except for counting site hits as a measure of usage by topic area and to allow you to log in. Click here to read our privay policy and guarantee. |