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

By: Burnes, Bernard, 1953-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Pitman, 1996Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xvi, 396 p. ; 25 cm. + pbk.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0273611186; 9780273611189 .Subject(s): Organizational change -- Management | Management & management techniques | Organizational theory & behaviourDDC classification: 658.406 | 658.406 BUR
Contents:
Part 1: Organisation theory: The rise and fall of the rational organisation -- Part 2: Managing change: Approaches and choices -- Part 3: Case studies in strategy development and change management -- Part 4: Managing choice.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The primary aim of this text is to provide management students and practising managers with an understanding of, and a guide to, managing the complexities of organizational change effectively.

Formerly CIP.

Previous ed.: 1992.

Bibliography: (pages 363-382) and index.

Part 1: Organisation theory: The rise and fall of the rational organisation -- Part 2: Managing change: Approaches and choices -- Part 3: Case studies in strategy development and change management -- Part 4: Managing choice.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Introduction
  • Section 1 The Rise and Fall Of The Rational Organisation
  • Chapter 1 From trial and error to the science of management: The rise of Organisation Theory
  • Chapter 2 Developments in organisation theory: From certainty to contingency
  • Chapter 3 West v East: New paradigms - old questions
  • Chapter 4 Organisation theory and managerial choice: The role of culture, power and politics
  • Section 2 Theoretical Perspectives On Strategy, Development and Change Management
  • Chapter 5 Strategic management, managerial choice and constraints
  • Chapter 6 Approaches to change management
  • Section 3 Case Studies In Strategy Development and Change Management
  • Chapter 7 Case studies in strategic management
  • Chapter 8 Case studies in changing internal relationships
  • Chapter 9 Case studies in changing external relationships
  • Section 4 Managing Choice
  • Chapter 10 Managing choice: managing change: a contingency model
  • Chapter 11 Management, change and choice