Managing Change

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.

• Part 1 - Introduction to change management: fundamental questions for organisations
• Chapter 1: Introduction to change management
• Part 2 - The rise and fall of the rational organisation
• Chapter 2: From trial and error to the science of management
• Chapter 3: Developments in organisation theory
• Chapter 4: The Culture-Excellence paradigm
• Chapter 5: Alternative paradigms
• Chapter 6: Critical perspectives on organisation theory
• Chapter 7: Culture, power, politics and choice
• Part 3 - Understanding change
• Chapter 8: Approaches to strategy
• Chapter 9: Planned change and Organization Development (OD)
• Chapter 10: Developments in change management
• Chapter 11: A framework for change
• Part 4 - Managing choice
• Chapter 12: Organisational change and managerial choice
• Chapter 13: Organisational change and managerial choice
• Chapter 14: Management, leadership and change
• Bibliography
• Glossary
• Index