Why Do Leaders Avoid Change?
by Oren Harari
Management Review, March 1999

excerpt...

When change is internally focused rather than customer-driven, as is the case with many TQM, reengineering and restructuring efforts, you can bet that the change is divorced from external market realities. No wonder it becomes so politically charged, faddish and overwhelming. No wonder it's as effective as rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.