Understanding organizational change : the contemporary experience of people at work / Patrick Dawson.

ISBN:

9781412931793

9780761971597

9780761971603

9781446220894

9781280370663

Title:

Understanding organizational change : the contemporary experience of people at work / Patrick Dawson.

Author:

Dawson, Patrick.

Personal Author:

Dawson, Patrick.

Publication Information:

London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2003.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 208 pages) : illustrations

Contents:

Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 -- Change riders -- Chapter 2 -- Dimensions of change -- Chapter 3 -- A Historical overview of theoretrical perspectives and change framwworks -- Chapter 4 -- Flexibility, workplace change and non-standard employment -- Chapter 5 -- New technology and power relations -- Chapter 6 -- The experience of supervisors and older employees under conditions of change -- Chapter 7 -- Cellular manufacture and the politics of change -- Chapter 8 -- Glodalization and strategic change -- Chapter 9 -- Trade unions and a shifting industrial landscape -- Chapter 10 -- The quality management experience -- Chapter 11 -- Living with change in the twenty-first century -- Appendix: The TQM research programme and guide for interviewers -- References -- Author Index.

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Subject Term:

Organizational change.

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Publication Date:

2003

Publication Information:

London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2003.

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Understanding Organizational Change:

- offers an overview of change management

- brings new case studies to help students understand organizational change

- provides a concise overview of the developments in change management with new critical case study material for the use of advanced undergraduate and masters level management students;

- presents the contemporary experience of change for people in work and employment,

- considers alternative strategies and practical lessons on living with change.

Offering a critical analysis of change, Patrick Dawson resists the hype of popular management books which formulate simple change recipes, but uses the views and experience of people holding positions from shop floor operator to chief executive officer to further our understanding of complex change processes. In using the insights and views of those who promote, implement and experience the effects of change, this book moves beyond simple determinist arguments based on economic imperatives to a greater appreciation of the sociological dimensions of change.

The integration of theories of change with processes of organisational adaptation is central to the objective of understanding organizational change both for its academic value and its practical worth. Understanding Organizational Change will be essential reading final year undergraduates and postgraduates (MBA/MSc) taking organizational change and change management modules across business and management studies.

Change Riders

Dimensions of Change

An Historical Overview of Theoretical Perspectives and Change Frameworks

Flexibility, Workplace Change and Non-Standard Employment

New Technology and Power Relations

The Experience of Supervisors and Older Employees under Conditions of Change

Cellular Manufacture and the Politics of Change

Globalization and Strategic Change

Trade Unions and a Shifting Industrial Landscape

The Quality Management Experience

Living with Change in the 21st Century

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