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Managing change

Burnes, Bernard

Managing change Bernard Burnes - Sixth edition - Harlow Pearson 2014 - 634 pages

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1: The rise and fall of the rational organisation. 1. From trial and error to the science of management --
2. Developments in organisation theory --
3. In search of new paradigms --
4. Critical perspectives on organisation theory --
5. Culture, power, politics and choice --
Part 2: Strategy development: theory, practice and choice. 6. Approaches to strategy --
7. Applying strategy --
Part 3: Managing Change: past, present and future. 8. Change management: fundamental questions for organisations --
9. Planned change and organization development (OD) --
10. Developments in change management --
11. A framework for change --
Part 4: Managing choice. 12. Organisational change and managerial choice --
Part 1: The choice process and the trajectory process --
13. Organisational change and managerial choice --
Part 2: The change process --
14. Management, leadership and change.

This text provides management students and practising managers with an understanding of, and a guide to, managing the complexities of organizational change effectively. It discusses the techniques and methods that can be used to aid such change.

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Organizational change--Management
Changement organisationnel.
Business and Management.

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