This exciting new text fills the gap in the management literature on organizational change. It presents a balanced view, which raises questions about the imperative of change, who's interests are being served, how change programmes impact on employees and why organizations continually engage in such programmes. It gives readers a comprehensive history of:

• change management literature
• types of change techniques over time (i.e. TQM, BPR, Balanced Scorecard, Six Sigma, etc.)
• the role of management gurus in the rise and fall of management fashions
• the...

Applying an invaluable sensemaking framework to organizational change and combining the theory and practice of implementing change, this book represents an instructive and informative view on change in business. Its strength lies in two key areas:

• the discussion and explanation of a strategic sensemaking approach, for helping managers, management educators and students to understand organizational change
• a longitudinal study of a major company which underwent several organizational changes, revealing some of the key problems and challenges that managers face when...

First published in 1994, Reading Organization Theory has established itself as a pre-eminent text in its field. This new edition brings current research in mainstream and critical approaches to the discipline fully up to date, with new case studies plus web-based resources. Previous editions have been widely used in colleges and universities in Canada, the US, UK, Ireland, Australia, and elsewhere, and this third edition of Reading Organization Theory will find an ongoing and enthusiastic readership amongst all who are concerned with the challenging and essential task of...

Representing a growing interest in the contributions that feminist theorizing can offer to the study of organizations, this book focuses on issues of gender and resistance in organizations and, in particular,...