Publisher's Synopsis
This new edition of Managing Change in Organisations by Colin Carnall offers a thorough, practical overview of how to achieve effective organisations. It is ideal for advanced undergraduates, postgraduate and MBA students on courses in managing change and organisational change. A strategic approach is taken throughout, outlining guidance and techniques for planning, implementing and reviewing and taking advantage of major organizational changes. This successful and popular text is particularly valued for the way it combines theory and practice in one volume to provide students with an invaluably comprehensive text. New Edition includes: - New introductory chapter - Revised and improved coverage of Corporate culture, Breakthrough Change, leadership and the role of leaders, the learning organisation, RBV and core competencies.;- Original material on Change Architecture focused on the design and management of effective change programmes - Updated case-studies flavouring the book with a global dimension - Chapter openings and ends re-worked for added consistency and brand new text design serve to aid and abet the learning process - Lecturer download site including IM (tutor notes linked to each chapter, model answers to all questions), additional case material and data, additional exercises, and Power point slides. - Comprehensive and written in an engaging fashion to make the subject accessible to a wide range of undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA students - Synthesis of theory and practice makes it intellectually stimulating and immediately relevant - Diagnostic exercises encourage students to identify what they know and evaluate their progress - Diverse pedagogy; - diagrams, graphs, diagnostic material, questionnaires, review questions and case studies allows the book to be used in a range of ways to accompany face to face teaching or by the student on a more individual learning basis.