Description
The fourth edition of this book, like the previous three, would not have been possible without the generous encouragement and assistance of a large number of people, especially my colleagues and students at UMIST. Space does not permit me to name them all, but I am nevertheless extremely grateful to them, one and all. In addition, Pearson Education deserve many thanks for their encouragement and patience. However, and mostly, I am irredeemably indebted to my wife, Sue. Her painstaking reading and editing of draft after draft of this book have improved it beyond recognition. It is not too much to say that she deserves as much credit as I do for what is good about this book.
Nevertheless, despite all the help and assistance I have received, any faults or shortcomings in the final product are mine and mine alone.
Contents
Part One 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 Two Strategy development and change management: past, present and future
- 6 Approaches to strategy
- 7 Applying strategy Models, levels and tools
- 8 Approaches to change management
- 9 Developments in change management
- 10 A framework for change
Part Three Case studies in strategy development and change management
- 11 Case studies in strategic change
- 12 Case studies in changing internal relationships and attitudes
- 13 Case studies in changing external relationships
Part Four Managing choice
- 14 Managing change
- 15 Organisational change and managerial choice
- 16 Management – roles and responsibilities