Organisational Change: Sociological PerspectivesRoutledge, 2005 M06 23 - 232 pages In recent years, there has been an explosion of books on the nature of organisational change and the management skills needed to effectively carry it out. Many are written by change gurus and management consultants offering quick fixes and metaphor laden business toolkits, however, much of their advice is banal and under-theorized. This book redresses this balance by providing an original analysis of change management in organizations in the light of wider sociological perspectives. It critically examines the, often implicit, theoretical frameworks underpinning many contemporary accounts of organizational change, and covers subjects including: * the importance of explicit analysis of theory and context |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
1 THE NATURE OF MANAGEMENT AND MANAGEMENT RESEARCH | 9 |
2 APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF CHANGE | 35 |
3 CRITICAL MONOGRAPHS AND RESEARCH STUDIES | 67 |
4 NSTEP GUIDES FOR CHANGE | 83 |
5 SOCIALIZED MODELS OF CHANGE? | 101 |
6 THEORIES FOR THE ANALYSIS OF CHANGE | 129 |
7 THE DIVERSITY OF THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS | 139 |
8 RADICAL AND MARXIST FRAMES OF REFERENCE | 157 |
9 PARADIGMS OFFOR CHANGE | 171 |
10 NEW PARADIGMS FOR CHANGE? | 183 |
11 TOWARDS A CONCLUSION | 197 |
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