Managing Change in Organizations

Managing Change in Organisations provides a practical and thorough overview of how effective change can be achieved in organizations. The text is ideal for advanced undergraduates, MBA and postgraduate students on courses in managing change and organisational change. Colin Carnall takes a strategic approach, outlining guidance and techniques for planning and implementing, evaluating and learning from major organizational change. Reviewing traditional and more recent critical theories, he also presents models and frameworks for change that are apt for the complex and fast-moving challenges of contemporary organizations.Part I: Organization Change: Setting the Context 1 The challenge of change 2 Organization structures: choice and leadership 3 The transformation perspective Part II: Theories of Organization Change 4 Theories of change: traditional models 5 Theories of change: critical perspectives 6 Theories of change: strategic management models Part III: Themes and Issues in Organization Change 7 Organizations in the twenty-first century: the value-added organization 8 Sustaining organizational effectiveness 9 Leadership in practice 10 The learning organization 11 Strategies for change Part IV: Change Management Techniques 12 Diagnosing change 13 Managing major changes 14 Change architecture 15 A strategy for organizational effectiveness Part V: Strategic Change 16 Learning from change 17 Culture models and organization change 18 Strategic convergence: a new model for organizational change 19 Strategies for corporate transformation