Organization Change - International Student Edition: Theory and Practice

W. Warner Burke

Sage Publications, Inc.

Organization Change: Theory and Practice provides a range of theories, models and perspectives, helping leaders, managers and employees to understand both how to implement planned change, and how to handle unexpected change.  The Fifth edition contains the latest research in the field of Organizational change, seven new case studies on effective and ineffective change, and an examination of the evolutionary and revolutionary nature of change. Organization change in not-for-profit organizations is also addressed with a brand new chapter on healthcare and government organizations.   The book is complimented by a companion website featuring a range of tools and resources for instructors, including a Microsoft Word® test bank, chapter-specific PowerPoint slides, Sample course syllabi, video and multimedia resources and access to full-text SAGE journal articles.   Suitable reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Organization Change: Theory and Practice

<p>This best-selling text shows how effective organization change is grounded in sound knowledge about human behavior in the workplace. Author W. Warner Burke reviews various models and cases to demonstrate how to diagnose change issues in organizations. The book integrates theory and research with application for insight into all aspects of organization change. Key Features Discusses a range of theories to help understand organizations and change: Readers learn about open-system theory, Capra s ideas about the life sciences, chaos theory, and Gladwell s The Tipping Point. Examines both evolutionary and revolutionary organization change, as well as the nature of change: The text discusses different types of change and also shows that organization change is initiated by changing behavior. Illustrates the usefulness of models: Models, including the Burke Litwin model, help simplify and focus the organizational change effort. New to the Third Edition Includes a new Chapter 11, Organizational Culture Change : This chapter focuses on changing an organization s culture the way we do things the most difficult aspect of organization change. New sections on positive organization change and loosely coupled systems have been added to Chapter 14, Organization Change: Integration and Future Needs, providing direction on future organizational change efforts. Offers a new case on revolutionary change: The Dime Bancorp, Inc., case in Chapter 5 provides an example of change in an organization s deep structure. An Instructor Teaching Site includes a test bank; PowerPoint slides; sample syllabi; access to SAGE journal articles; and links to web-based audio and video resources.</p>

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Organization Change - International Student Edition: Theory and Practice

Organization Change: Theory and Practice

Organization Change: Theory and Practice