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Managing Change Bernard Burnes

Managing Change By Bernard Burnes

Managing Change by Bernard Burnes


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Summary

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.

Managing Change Summary

Managing Change: A Strategic Approach to Organisational Dynamics by Bernard Burnes

The primary aim of this textbook is to provide management students and practising managers with an understanding of, and a guide to, managing the complexities of organisational change effectively. The techniques and methods that can be used to aid successful change are reviewed and discussed. Real-life case studies are employed to highlight the problems and obstacles encountered in managing change and to illustrate how these barriers can be overcome. These are set in the context of the development of organisational theory and the following themes are explored: organisational design and behaviour approaching change strategically identifying and overcoming barriers to change planning and implementing change organisational culture and managerial behaviour The second edition of Managing Change is completely updated and contains new case material to represent a much more European perspective. It contains a new chapter on organisational culture.

Table of Contents

Introduction SECTION ONE 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 TWO THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON STRATEGY, DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT Chapter 5: Strategic management, managerial choice and constraints Chapter 6: Approaches to change management SECTION THREE 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 FOUR MANAGING CHOICE Chapter 10: Managing choice: managing change: a contingency model Chapter 11: Management, change and choice

Additional information

GOR001335451
9780273611189
0273611186
Managing Change: A Strategic Approach to Organisational Dynamics by Bernard Burnes
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Pearson Education Limited
1996-01-26
416
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