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Author : Herbert Kaufman
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1412827590
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (128 download)
Download or read book Limits of Organizational Change written by Herbert Kaufman and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Herbert Kaufman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351480065
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (514 download)
Download or read book The Limits of Organizational Change written by Herbert Kaufman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The environment of modern organizations is so complex and volatile that we take for granted that organizational change is necessary for organizational survival. Yet the literature on organizations has for years described manifold obstacles to such change. First published in 1971, this book extracts from that literature and from experience a comprehensive yet concise overview of those barriers. Because these elements of the analysis are as valid now as when they were originally written, The Limits of Organizational Change is still widely read and cited nearly a quarter-century later. From the premises of this argument, Kaufman drew a number of conclusions about organizational survival and extinction, age and size, centralization and decentralization, and organizational evolution. Subsequent research and reflection induced him to refine and modify some of those inferences. The modifications are spelled out in a new preface that gives fresh relevance to his findings and his conjectures. Yet The Limits of Organizational Change is not a ponderous, labored work. As one reviewer remarked, it is "a delightful set of essays . . . a review of empirical research in a witty, conversational style. . . ." (The Rocky Mountain Social Science Journal). It is a book one can enjoy as well as profit from, and will be a useful tool for managers, organizational studies scholars, and sociologists.
Author : David Cooperrider
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 076191529X
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (619 download)
Download or read book Organizational Dimensions of Global Change written by David Cooperrider and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1999-04-29 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by an interdisciplinary group of leading scholars, the book explores how organizational scholarship and thinking can inform an understanding of global change issues and examines the potential of cooperation as a practice an organizing accomplishment, and a value for understanding issues of global change.
Author : Raymond Caldwell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134357885
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (343 download)
Download or read book Agency and Change written by Raymond Caldwell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-04-27 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This excellent book remaps the limits and possibilities of change, clearly shifting the focus from outmoded debates on agency and structure to new practice-based discourses on agency and change. Offering readers a selective and critical review of key literature and empirical research, it will help students contextualize this complex subject area and independently evaluate future prospects for effective change agent roles in organizations Presenting an interdisciplinary exploration of competing discourses, the book uses two overarching conceptual continua: centred agency-decentred agency and systems-processes, thereby allowing a more intensive focus on agency and change. Well-written with challenging content, this book is essential reading for those interested in the origins, development and future prospects for change agency in an organizational world characterized by increasing complexity, risk and uncertainty.
Author : Mauro F. Guillén
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400824206
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)
Download or read book The Limits of Convergence written by Mauro F. Guillén and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book challenges the widely accepted notion that globalization encourages economic convergence--and, by extension, cultural homogenization--across national borders. A systematic comparison of organizational change in Argentina, South Korea, and Spain since 1950 finds that global competition forces countries to exploit their distinctive strengths, resulting in unique development trajectories. Analyzing the social, political, and economic conditions underpinning the rise of various organizational forms, Guillén shows that business groups, small enterprises, and foreign multinationals play different economic roles depending on a country's path to development. Business groups thrive when there is foreign-trade and investment protectionism and are best suited to undertake large-scale, capital-intensive activities such as automobile assembly and construction. Their growth and diversification come at the expense of smaller firms and foreign multinationals. In contrast, small and medium enterprises are best fitted to compete in knowledge-intensive activities such as component manufacturing and branded consumer goods. They prosper in the absence of restrictions on export-oriented multinationals. The book ends on an optimistic note by presenting evidence that it is possible--though not easy--for countries to break through the glass ceiling separating poor from rich. It concludes that globalization encourages economic diversity and that democracy is the form of government best suited to deal with globalization's contingencies. Against those who contend that the transition to markets must come before the transition to ballots, Guillén argues that democratization can and should precede economic modernization. This is applied economic sociology at its best--broad, topical, full of interesting political implications, and critical of the conventional wisdom.
Author : Robert J. Marshak
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1576757951
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (767 download)
Download or read book Covert Processes at Work written by Robert J. Marshak and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2006-08 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outlines methodologies for diagnosing and dealing with the "hidden" or covert factors that can subtly sabotage even the most meticulously planned change processes.
Author : Doug Kirkpatrick
Publisher : Forbesbooks
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (875 download)
Download or read book The No-Limits Enterprise written by Doug Kirkpatrick and published by Forbesbooks. This book was released on 2024-01-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Achieving a Twenty-First Century Enterprise There are two near-universal truths about the working world. The first being that people work best when they are happy and passionate about their work; the second being that people produce and innovate on their highest levels when they are not coerced to work, but are simply expected to keep the commitments they freely make to their colleagues and their organization. Today, companies cannot afford to have their employees disengaged and hating--or at least not loving--their jobs. Traditional management is broken. We need a new, twenty-first-century approach to management that will galvanize the minds--and hearts--of people giving so much of their lives to organizations. In The No-Limits Enterprise: Organizational Self-Management in the New World of Work, Doug Kirkpatrick examines how companies can begin the journey toward becoming a twenty-first-century enterprise with limitless power for growth. Within The No-Limits Enterprise, you will learn concept such as - why the domestic and global breakdown of bureaucracy means the future of the workplace is here right now, - why "managing" others in the workplace is obsolete and, ultimately, self-defeating on so many levels, and - how to rigorously self-assess for success, corporately and personally, before embarking on an enterprise transformation. Any business can transform itself into a No-Limits Enterprise in which every individual is free to innovate and forge new paths to the immense benefit of all. These challenges do not demand complex layers of management; they demand the ability to jettison ancient layers of control, and trust in the simplest of all human traits: the desire to create with dedication and love.
Author : Aaron C.T. Smith
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1839105097
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (391 download)
Download or read book Philosophies of Organizational Change written by Aaron C.T. Smith and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-27 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised and extended second edition evaluates the diverse approaches to organizational change that have defined the field. Explaining the assumptions and implications that accompany these diverse philosophies, this book demystifies the complexities of conflicting perspectives and delivers valuable insights into the research and practice of organizational change.
Author : W. B. Eddy
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824718138
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (181 download)
Download or read book Handbook of Organization Management written by W. B. Eddy and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1983-08-25 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1983. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743254465
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)
Download or read book Challenge of Organizational Change written by Rosabeth Moss Kanter and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1992 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an era of increased global competition, of business takeovers, downsizing, restructuring, and even outright failure, intelligent organizational change is the most difficult challenge facing American business. The authors present a comprehensive overview which will be essential for managers.
Author : Chris Argyris
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 9780199286829
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (868 download)
Download or read book Reasons and Rationalizations:The Limits to Organizational Knowledge written by Chris Argyris and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2006-01-05 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the purpose of social science and management research? Do scholars/researchers have a responsibility to generate insights and knowledge that are of practical (implementable) value and validity?We are told we live in turbulent and changing times, should this not provide an important opportunity for management researchers to provide understanding and guidance? Yet there is widespread concern about the efficacy of much research:These are some of the puzzles that Chris Argyris addresses in this short book.Argyris is one of the best known management scholars in the world - a leading light whose work has consistently addressed fundamental organizational questions, and who has provided some of the key concepts and building blocks of our understanding of organizational learning - single and double learning, theory in use, and espoused theory etc.In this book he questions many of the assumptions of organizational theory and research, and his investigation is not confined to academic analysis. He also scrutinizes that capacity for 'unproductive reasoning' (self-deception and rationalization) that is common amongst managers, consultants, and indeed more generally. As well as engaging with the work of leading organizational researchers (Sennett, Gabriel, Burgelman, Czarniawska, Grint, for example)he also ponders the work of theconsultants, commentators, and accountants who endorsed Enron.Throughout his purpose is to affirm the goal and values of useful knowledge. His style is direct but fair, challenging, if at times uncompromising. Drawing on his own wealth of experience of researching and working with organizations, this book will be a reference point for all concerned to develop useful knowledge and confront the defences and deceptions that are only too commonplace in the business and academic worlds.
Author : Christiane Demers
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 0761929320
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (619 download)
Download or read book Organizational Change Theories written by Christiane Demers and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2007-07-26 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classifies, presents, and discusses the contributions and the limits of the theories of organizational change using an historical perspective as its organizing scheme. This book focuses on process theories of organizational change. It discusses different theoretical perspectives and resulting implications.
Author : Hans Erik Næss
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030482707
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (34 download)
Download or read book A History of Organizational Change written by Hans Erik Næss and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-07-13 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first independent exploration of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile’s (FIA) institutional history. Virtually unexamined compared with similar institutions like the FIFA and the IOC, the FIA has nevertheless changed from being a small association in 1904 to becoming one of the world’s most influential sport governing bodies. Through chronologically organised chapters, this book explains how the FIA manages to link together motorsport circuses like Formula 1 with the automotive industry and societal issues like road safety and environmental sustainability. In an exciting narrative spanning seven decades, it reviews the FIA’s organisational turning points, governing controversies, political dramas and sporting tragedies. Considering the FIA to be a unique type of hybrid organisation characterised by what the author calls ‘organisational emulsion’, this case study contains theoretical innovations relevant to other studies of sport governing bodies. It makes an empirically grounded contribution to the research fields of institutional logics, historical sociology and sport governance.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309175828
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Enhancing Organizational Performance written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1997-04-02 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Total quality management (TQM), reengineering, the workplace of the twenty-first centuryâ€"the 1990s have brought a sense of urgency to organizations to change or face stagnation and decline, according to Enhancing Organizational Performance. Organizations are adopting popular management techniques, some scientific, some faddish, often without introducing them properly or adequately measuring the outcome. Enhancing Organizational Performance reviews the most popular current approaches to organizational changeâ€"total quality management, reengineering, and downsizingâ€"in terms of how they affect organizations and people, how performance improvements can be measured, and what questions remain to be answered by researchers. The committee explores how theory, doctrine, accepted wisdom, and personal experience have all served as sources for organization design. Alternative organization structures such as teams, specialist networks, associations, and virtual organizations are examined. Enhancing Organizational Performance looks at the influence of the organization's norms, values, and beliefsâ€"its cultureâ€"on people and their performance, identifying cultural "levers" available to organization leaders. And what is leadership? The committee sorts through a wealth of research to identify behaviors and skills related to leadership effectiveness. The volume examines techniques for developing these skills and suggests new competencies that will become required with globalization and other trends. Mergers, networks, alliances, coalitionsâ€"organizations are increasingly turning to new intra- and inter-organizational structures. Enhancing Organizational Performance discusses how organizations cooperate to maximize outcomes. The committee explores the changing missions of the U.S. Army as a case study that has relevance to any organization. Noting that a musical greeting card contains more computing power than existed in the entire world before 1950, the committee addresses the impact of new technologies on performance. With examples, insights, and practical criteria, Enhancing Organizational Performance clarifies the nature of organizations and the prospects for performance improvement. This book will be important to corporate leaders, executives, and managers; faculty and students in organizational performance and the social sciences; business journalists; researchers; and interested individuals.
Author : Eric Abrahamson
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
ISBN 13 : 9781578518272
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (182 download)
Download or read book Change Without Pain written by Eric Abrahamson and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A refreshingly non-revolutionary approach to change based on ten years of research that shows how transitions can be effective, cost-efficient, and painless In this powerful and refreshing book, he outlines a positive new approach to change called “creative recombination.” Rather than obliterating and then reinventing anew—the change approach advocated by most gurus and “experts” over the last twenty years—creative recombination seeks sustainable, repeatable transformation by using the firm’s existing resources more wisely. Abrahamson identifies five key elements that every company has—people, structures, culture, processes, and networks—and offers a broad toolkit of techniques for recombining, reusing, and redeploying these resources to achieve smoother, more cost-efficient, less painful organizational change.
Author : Kathleen E. Allen
Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1683508505
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (835 download)
Download or read book Leading from the Roots written by Kathleen E. Allen and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can we design organizations in a way that creates a space where employees, the organization, and the larger community all thrive? And if so, where can we go for inspiration to help us achieve this goal? In a time of volatile and complex uncertainty, it is time to learn the lessons that nature has compiled from 3.8 billion years of research and development. Nature is an interdependent, dynamic and living system – just like today’s organizations and communities. Kathleen Allen uses nature as a model, mentor, and muse to rethink how leadership is practiced today. Leading from the Roots takes nature as a source of inspiration to help organizations see a new way of leading and designing workplace structure, applying the generous framework found in mature ecologies to human organizations. Kathleen Allen helps shift assumptions, practices, structures, and processes of organizations to become more resilient and nourishing for all, and, along the way, design the way out of workplace dysfunction and drama. “Leading from the Roots provides a powerful new way of thinking about organizations as living systems and delivers practical leadership frameworks for individuals to learn how to unleash the energy and create innovative, effective teams. -Anne Boneparte, CEO Appthority This book is a must read for organizational leaders who are not only committed to their mission, but equally to creating a workplace that attracts and retains the brightest and the best professionals fully enabled to meet that mission. -Caryl Stern, President & CEO UNICEF USA
Author : Nicole Zimmermann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3834968110
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (349 download)
Download or read book Dynamics of Drivers of Organizational Change written by Nicole Zimmermann and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-06-29 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Often, organizations have difficulties in recognizing the need to change. Nicole Zimmermann investigates the barriers to, but also in particular the drivers of organizational change. From the case-specific as well as from a generic study, a structural model results that is able to explain how environmental and cognitive drivers, inertia and managerial attention interact.
