The Awakening Giant : Continuity and Change in Imperial Chemical Industries

ISBN-13: 9780415619943 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 562 str.

A. Pettigrew

Opis

This title makes a major practical and theoretical contribution to the study of corporate strategy, organizational analysis and change, and business history. The book is about 'Imperial Chemical Industries' response to the changing social, political, business and economic environment over the past 20 years.

Spis treści

1. Research on Organisational Change and Development and Strange Change: Some Limitations 2. Context, Culture and Poltics: The Development of Strategic Change 3. ICI In Its Changing Business and Economic Context 4. Implementing Corporate Change: A Role For Organisation Development 5. The Heavy Hand of History: Business Development and Social Innovation in Agricultural Division 6. The Organic Strategy for Creating Change: Agricultural Division 7. The Enforced Strategy for Creating Change: Petrochemicals Division 8. The Change Strategy Without Political Support: Plastics Division 9. The Top-Down Strategy for Creating Development in Plastics Division 10. Strategic Change and Organisation Development at the Centre of Power 11. Processes of Strategic Change: Some Patterns 12. The Use, Impact, and Fate of Specialist Change Resources.

O autorze

Andrew M. Pettigrew