Managing Change, 4th Edition
A Strategic Approach to Organizational Dynamics
By Bernard Burnes
Prentice Hall / Financial Times
August 2004
ISBN: 0273683365
623 Pages, 7 ½" x 9 ¾"
$110.00 Paper Original
This book is aimed at students of change management, strategy and organizational change as part of undergraduate, MBA and MA programs. Thoroughly revised and updated to reflect modern research, this edition explores the concept and practice of change within the broader context of the history, literature and theories of management. The main approaches on strategy development, management and leadership are linked to the processes of organizational change.
A wide-ranging selection of case studies provides illustrations of change in a real-world context. This fourth edition reviews the growing influence of the Internet and globalization, with particular emphasis on topics such as sustainability, workforce diversity and business ethics. The author encourages critical reflection on areas such as post-modernism, realism and complexity theory, and explores in depth the influence of culture, power and politics.
There is also practical guidance on the planning and implementation of change. Revised and updated to reflect modern research, this edition explores contemporary themes, such as sustainability, knowledge management, organizational learning, ethics and corporate social responsibility. A strategic approach is taken to the management of change while integrating the study of change within the broader context of management theory. There are new chapters in the text covering culture, power and change, and frameworks for change.
Table of Contents
I. THE RISE AND FALL OF THE RATIONAL ORGANISATION
1. From trial and error to the science of management
2. Developments in organisation theory
3. In search of new paradigms
4. Critical perspectives on organisation theory
5. Culture, power, politics & choice
II. STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT & CHANGE MANAGEMENT- PAST; PRESENT AND FUTURE
6. Approaches to strategy
7. Applying strategy
8. Approaches to change management
9. Developments in change management
10. A framework for change
III. CASE STUDIES IN STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT & CHANGE MANAGEMENT
11. Case studies in strategic change
12. Case studies in changing internal relationships & attitudes
13. Case studies in changing external relationships
IV. MANAGING CHOICE
14. Managing change
15. Organisational change and managerial choice
16. Management - roles & responsibilities
Bibliography
Glossary
Index
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