< CALS Change
The University of Arizona
Dealing with change has been studied a lot for a long time. These references and links will get you started or you can search for various terms with various internet search engines. Much of managing or navigating change is common sense, but it helps to be reminded by reviewing some of these references, or by going into depth with some of the books.

Change Management - Links to Other Sites
Resistance to Change (changing minds.org)
Change Codes (35 short hints on dealing with change by Joe Flower)
The Change Project (lots of information on change by Joe Flower)
Change Management 101 (A Primer)
Change Management (managing change.biz)
Organizational Change and Development (a portal for many links)
Managing Organizational Change (from answers.com)
Change Management (highlights with links to more detailed information)
Change Management - Short Summaries
The Change Resisters - Book summary: The Change Resisters, George Odiorne. 1981.
Navigating Change - Book summary: How CEOs, Top Teams, and Boards Steer Transformation, edited by Donald C. Hambrick, et al. 1998.
The 10 Challenges of Change. - Book excerpt: Peter Senge as source.
Selected Books on Change That Could be Considered as Classics
Bennis, Warren. 2000. Managing the Dream: Reflections on Leadership and Change.
Bennis, Warren, et al. 1985. The Planning of Change.
Drucker, Peter. 2001. Management Challenges for the 21st Century.
Drucker, Peter. 1995. Managing in a Time of Great Change.
Senge, Peter. 1999. The Dance of Change: The Challenges to Sustaining Momentum in Learning Organizations.
Selected Books or Reports on Change Directed at Higher Education
Baer, Linda. Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System. 2006. The Future-Focused Organization: A Toolkit for Smart Change. A Presentation to the Higher Learning Commission Annual Meeting (20 pages). Read report here.
Clark, Burton. 2004. Sustaining Change in Universities: Continuities in case studies and concepts. (subtitle: University-Transformation-Entrepreneurialism-Sustainability). The Society for Research into Higher Eduction(210 pages).
Dickeson, Robert C. 1999. Prioritizing Academic Programs and Services: Reallocaging Resources to Achieve Stratetgic Balance. Jossey-Bass Publishers (165 pages).
Leslie, David and E.K.Fretwell. 1996. Wise Moves in Hard Times: Creating & Managing Resilient Colleges & Universities. Jossey-Bass Publishers (298 pages).
Norris, Donald and Nick Poulton. 2008. A Guide for Planning for Change. A 25 page preview is available from the Society for College and University Planning. Read preview here. Related information on the "changing face of planning and leadership" is available from the Strategic Initiatives web site.
MacTaggart, Terrence. 1996. Restructuring Higher Education: What Works and What Doesn't in Reorganizing Governing Systems. Jossey-Bass Publishers (260 pages).