Managing and Organizations: An Introduction to Theory and Practice has been praised for its breadth, innovative content and application to real life. Along with its full coverage of all the essential topics of organizational behaviour, it offers a critical perspective that equips readers with the tools to question dominant assumptions about ......
Organizational Change: An Action-Oriented Toolkit, Fifth Edition is the ultimate guide that combines theory, practical tools, and real-world examples to awaken, mobilize, and accelerate change while ensuring sustainable growth and achieving your organization's objectives.
This bestselling text brings a fresh and unique approach to managing organizational change, taking the view that change, creativity and innovation are interconnected. It offers a strong theoretical understanding of change, creativity and innovation along with practical guidance and ideas for organizational change and development. The fourth ......
Creating a clear, analytical framework for readers, Institutions and Organizations: Ideas and Interests, Fourth Edition continues to reflect the richness and diversity of institutional thought, viewed both historically and as a contemporary, ongoing field of study. By presenting the differences as well as the underlying commonalities of institutional theories, this book presents a cohesive view of the many flavors and colors of institutionalism. It evaluates and clarifies developments in both theory and research while identifying future research directions. Key Features: - Elaborates on the three pillars of institutions as part of a larger framework and sheds light on the interplay between institutions and social systems Includes a detailed discussion between three differing explanations and approaches of institutionalization-economic, sociological, and neo-institutional scholars in organizational studies - Examines how symbols, relations, routines, artifacts, and other carriers transmit institutional arrangements across time and space - Devotes a chapter to the theoretical and practical significance of organization fields Emphasizes the best and most recent theoretical and empirical contributions in each chapter
An overview of what knowledge management is, the theoretical basis behind it, and practical insights into how it can be implemented effectively in a professional setting.
This captivating book delves into the complex realm of management and organizational dynamics, focusing on the significance of paradoxes. From the intricate interplay between social obligations and business missions to the tension between stability and change, this textbook unveils the essence of these enduring contradictions. As organizations evolve, paradoxes become defining features, and illustrative cases of this are included throughout the textbook. Organizational Paradoxes equips students of organization management, organization change and strategy with an understanding of paradoxes, their philosophical underpinnings and their management in practice. Medhanie Gaim (PhD) is Associate Professor of Management at Umea School of Business, Economics, and Statistics, Sweden. Stewart Clegg is Professor at the University of Sydney in the School of Project Management and the John Grill Institute for Project Leadership and a Distinguished Emeritus Professor of the University of Technology Sydney. Miguel Pina e Cunha is the Fundacao Amelia de Mello chair professor at Nova School of Business and Economics, Nova University Lisbon, Portugal.
Inclusion, Collaboration and Digital Change in Practice
This book offers a holistic introduction to Organizational Change Management through a distinct and timely perspective of organizational change agency. It takes a highly practical and unique approach, with cutting-edge chapters on digital transformation, creativity, power and inclusivity and diversity. Key features include: Case Studies based on real companies, which can be used to study chapter topics across a variety of international contexts, industries, and organizational forms. Experiential and Discussion Activities which provide an opportunity to gain invaluable insight needed in the workplace. This textbook is suitable for Undergraduate or Postgraduate students, as well as a practitioner audience. Dr Danielle A. Tucker is a Reader (Associate Professor) in Management at Essex Business School, University of Essex. Dr Stefano Cirella is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Organization Studies and Human Resource Management at Essex Business School, University of Essex, and Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Trento. Dr Paul R Kelly is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Organization Studies and Human Resource Management at Essex Business School, University of Essex.
Discover a fresh perspective on managing organisational change in this accessible textbook which links theory to practice and brings complex concepts to life. Structured around the three pillars of successful change management, the book examines change in the context of the global economy and looks at a range of international examples. Key features include: Case studies which explore the practical implications of change issues through companies such as the Alibaba Group, NHS England, GSK, Tata Motors, Nike, Hewlett-Packard and Indonesia's Krakatau Steel. Practical and reflective exercises to encourage experimentation with tools and techniques, and to deepen understanding. This textbook is suitable for Undergraduate and Postgraduate students of change management. Allan Ramdhony has extensive experience in teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels and his research interests include OCM, Critical Theory and Research Methods. Christoph Thiele is a senior project manager with an international track record and a visiting lecturer at Munich University of Applied Sciences.
