Organizational Change (3rd Edition)
Edition: 3 edition
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Published: December 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9780273695981
Subjects: Management & management techniques; Management of specific areas; Organization Theory; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Management - General; Business & Economics / Management; Organizational Behavior
Description: List of illustrations, figures and tables
		ix	
About this book 		xiv	
About the authors 		xviii	
Acknowledgements 		xix	
	Part One THE CONTEXT AND MEANING OF CHANGE
	
	Organizations and their changing environments
		3	(38)
	Learning objectives
		3	(1)
	A view of organizations
		4	(3)
	The historical context for change
		7	(5)
	An uncertain future
		12	(3)
	Organizations today -- environmental triggers of change
		15	(16)
	Organizational responses to change
		31	(4)
	Comment and conclusions
		35	(1)
	Discussion questions and assignments
		35	(1)
	Case example and exercise
		36	(2)
	Indicative resources
		38	(1)
	Useful websites
		38	(1)
	References
		39	(2)
	The nature of organizational change
		41	(36)
	Learning objectives
		41	(1)
	The changing faces of change
		42	(3)
	Varieties of change
		45	(9)
	Predictable change
		54	(3)
	Diagnosing change situations
		57	(8)
	Comment and conclusions
		65	(1)
	Discussion questions and assignments
		66	(1)
	Case example and exercise
		66	(2)
	Indicative resources
		68	(1)
	Useful websites
		68	(1)
	References
		68	(3)
	Part One Case Study
		71	(1)
	Orange, a study of change: part 1
		71	(3)
	Case exercises
		74	(3)
	Part Two ORGANIZATIONS FOR CHANGE
	
	Organizational structure, design and change
		77	(60)
	Learning objectives
		77	(1)
	The meaning of organization structure
		78	(1)
	The dimensions of structure
		79	(1)
	Models of structure
		80	(25)
	Influences on structure
		105	(21)
	Organizational structure and change
		126	(1)
	Comment and conclusions
		127	(1)
	Discussion questions and assignments
		128	(1)
	Case example and exercise
		129	(4)
	Indicative resources
		133	(1)
	Useful websites
		134	(1)
	References
		134	(3)
	Cultures for change
		137	(56)
	Learning objectives
		137	(1)
	The informal organization
		138	(2)
	The meaning of culture
		140	(2)
	Describing organizational culture
		142	(12)
	Dimensions of organizational culture
		154	(5)
	The sources of organizational culture
		159	(14)
	Organizational culture and change
		173	(5)
	Changing organizational culture to bring about organizational change
		178	(8)
	Comment and conclusions
		186	(1)
	Discussion questions and assignments
		187	(1)
	Case example and exercise
		187	(2)
	Indicative resources
		189	(1)
	Useful websites
		189	(1)
	References
		190	(3)
	The politics of change
		193	(52)
	Learning objectives
		193	(1)
	Organizational politics
		194	(3)
	Power in organizations
		197	(11)
	The politics of powerlessness
		208	(9)
	The link between politics, power and conflict
		217	(3)
	Conflict in organizations
		220	(8)
	Power and conflict in times of change
		228	(11)
	Comment and conclusions
		239	(1)
	Discussion questions and assignments
		240	(1)
	Case example and exercise
		240	(2)
	Indicative resources
		242	(1)
	Useful websites
		242	(1)
	References
		243	(2)
	The leadership of change
		245	(64)
	Learning objectives
		245	(1)
	Management and leadership
		246	(4)
	Approaches to leadership
		250	(16)
	Team and distributed leadership
		266	(15)
	Leadership in times of change
		281	(11)
	Comment and conclusions
		292	(1)
	Discussion questions and assignments
		293	(1)
	Case example and exercise
		293	(2)
	Indicative resources
		295	(1)
	Useful websites
		295	(1)
	References
		295	(4)
	Part Two Case Study
		299	(1)
	Orange, a study of change: part 2
		299	(6)
	Case Exercises
		305	(4)
	Part Three STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING CHANGE
	
	Hard systems models of change
		309	(26)
	Learning objectives
		309	(1)
	Situations of change
		310	(1)
	Systematic approaches to change
		311	(1)
	The hard systems model of change
		312	(8)
	Using the hard systems model of change
		320	(9)
	Further uses of the hard systems model of change
		329	(3)
	Comment and conclusions
		332	(1)
	Discussion questions and assignments
		333	(1)
	Indicative resources
		333	(1)
	Useful websites
		334	(1)
	References
		334	(1)
	Soft systems models for change
		335	(50)
	Learning objectives
		335	(1)
	Managing change in situations of soft complexity
		336	(4)
	Organizational development -- philosophy and underlying assumptions
		340	(5)
	The OD process
		345	(4)
	OD -- an action--research-based model of change
		349	(25)
	An assessment of the OD model for change
		374	(6)
	Comment and conclusions
		380	(1)
	Discussion questions and assignments
		380	(1)
	Indicative resources
		381	(1)
	Useful websites
		381	(1)
	References
		382	(3)
	A changing future -- factors for effective change
		385	(39)
	Learning objectives
		385	(1)
	Introduction
		386	(1)
	Some general trends
		386	(3)
	Demographic changes
		389	(4)
	Changing lifestyles
		393	(3)
	Occupational changes
		396	(13)
	Operating virtually
		409	(6)
	The multiple paths to change
		415	(2)
	Comment and conclusions
		417	(1)
	Discussion questions and assignments
		418	(1)
	Indicative resources
		419	(1)
	Useful websites
		419	(1)
	References
		419	(5)
Author index 		424	(7)
Subject index 		431