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Managing change : a strategic approach to organisational dynamics / Bernard Burnes.

By: Burnes, Bernard, 1953-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Harlowe, England ; New York : Financial Times/Prentice Hall, 2000Edition: 3rd ed.Description: xi, 565 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0273641662; 9780273641667.Subject(s): Organizational change -- Management | Business and Management | Management & management techniques | Organizational theory & behaviourDDC classification: 658.406 BUR Summary: This text aims to provide management students and practising managers with an understanding of, and a guide to, managing the complexities of organisational change effectively. It discusses the techniques and methods that can be used to aid such change.
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Managing Change presents a comprehensive, wide-ranging and readable picture of the theory and practice of organisational change and renewal. Its main aim is to provide the reader with a broad and in-depth appreciation of the context, complexity and processes involved in managing change.The text covers: * the main approaches to designing and changing organisations;* the major perspectives on strategy development and organisational change;* culture, power and politics;* ten major real-life case studies;* managerial choice and organisational change;* planning and implementing change;* the role of leadership.The new edition of this highly regarded text has been substantially revised. In particular, this edition contains: * a new section on postmodernism;* a review of organisational learning;* a substantial revision and extension to the chapters on strategy development and change management;* new and updated case studies.Managing Change has become a key text for a large number of undergraduate, postgraduate and post-experience courses covering or including elements relating to change management, strategy and organisational change.Bernard Burnes is a senior lecturer at the Manchester Sch

Previous ed.: London: Pitman, 1996.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 511-544) and index.

This text aims to provide management students and practising managers with an understanding of, and a guide to, managing the complexities of organisational change effectively. It discusses the techniques and methods that can be used to aid such change.