Organisational Change: Sociological PerspectivesRoutledge, 2010 - 388 pages Business is changing at a break-neck speed, so managers must be increasingly active in reorganizing their firms to gain a competitive edge. This textbook provides a discussion of change in relation to the complexities of organizational life, offering comprehensive coverage of the significant ideas and issues associated with change at all levels of organizational activity from the strategic to the operational and at the individual, group, organizational and societal levels. Taking both a theoretical and a practical approach to the issues of organizational change, the text seeks to meet both the academic and applied aims of most business and management courses. The book is ideal for both MBA students and those studying for the more specialist degrees in organizational change. Its structure and content make it accessible to final-level undergraduate business studies students. |
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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