Managing change

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The aim of this leading textbook is to provide a thorough understanding of the theories, approaches and practice of organisational change. It critically examines the approaches to change that are on offer, indicates their usefulness and drawbacks and sets them within the broad context of organisational life through the use of real-life examples.

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Full title :Managing change / Bernard Burnes.

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Publication Date:©2017
Edition:Seventh edition

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Publisher(s):Pearson Education Limited
Place of Publication:Harlow
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2017

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Description:xxi, 649 pages ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781292156040, 129215604X
oclc:ocn975246939
LC Classification:HD58.8
Dewey Decimal:658.4/06

Pt. 1. Introduction to change management : fundamental questions for organisations -- 1. Introduction to change management -- Fundamental questions for organisations -- Pt. 2. The rise and fall of the organisation -- 2. From trial and error to the science of management -- The rise of organisation theory -- 3. Developments in organisation theory -- From certainty to contingency -- 4. The culture-excellence paradigm -- 5. Alternative paradigms : Japanese management, organisational learning and the need for sustainability -- 6. Critical perspectives on organisation theory -- Postmodernism, realism and complexity -- 7. Culture, power, politics and choice -- Pt. 3. Understanding change -- 8. Approaches to strategy -- Managerial choice and constraints -- 9. Planned change and organization development (OD) -- 10. Developments in change management -- Emergence challenges emergent change as OD strikes back -- 11. A framework for change -- Approaches and choices -- Pt. 4. Managing choice -- 12. Organisational change and managerial choice -- Part 1. The choice process and the trajectory process -- 13. Organisational change and managerial choice -- Part. 2. The change process -- 14. Managemen…

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