Organizational Change and Redesign: Ideas and Insights for Improving Performance - Softcover

Glick, William H.; Huber, George P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195101154 ISBN 13: 9780195101157

Publisher: Oxford University Press USA, 1995

Synopsis

What are the root causes of the increasingly rapid rate of change in the business environment? What patterns exist in the ways environmental change leads to organizational change? Confronted with a state of continuously accelerating change, what should managers and organizational scientists do? Organizational Change and Redesign addresses these questions to provide a clear and comprehensive understanding of the relationships among environmental changes, organizational redesign, and performance. This work draws on multi-year studies of dozens of organizations and on hundreds of interviews with top managers. It includes chapters formed as practical tutorials on how to think about and manage organizational change and redesign, making it an essential tool for business scholars, students, and practicing managers in the middle and upper levels of organizations.

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Review:

"This book takes the topic of organizational change to a new plateau; and, with the wealth of empirical data and conceptual insights offered, the new view is expansive and enlightening. With cutting-edge contributions by some of the leading thinkers on strategic change, the Huber and Glick volume will be exceedingly valuable for executives and management scholars alike."--Donald Hambrick, Columbia University "Simultaneously intellectually challenging and practically relevant."--Mary Ann Von Glinow, Florida International University

Synopsis:

This book is the culmination of four years of the coordinated research of twelve business professors in management and organizational science. Their studies were directed at increasing an understanding of the relationships among organizational change, redesign, and performance. The book deals with the way in which organizational performance is affected by changes in the organization's environment, strategy, structure, and leadership, and how managerial effectiveness is influenced by managerial demographics, team structure, and communication processes. This book represents some of the finest authors currently working in the area of organizational change and performance.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press USA
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0195101154
• ISBN 13: 9780195101157
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464