Handbook of Organizational Change and Innovation

by Marshall Scott Poole (Editor), Andrew H. Van de Ven (Editor)

Overview

In a world of organizations that are in constant change scholars have long sought to understand and explain how they change. This book introduces research methods that are specifically designed to support the development and evaluation of organizational process theories. The authors are a group of highly regarded experts who have been doing collaborative research on change and development for many years.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199881192
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	08/26/2004
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Texas A & M University

University of Minnesota

Table of Contents

	Contributors	ix
	Introduction	xi
1	Central Issues in the Study of Change and Innovation	3
2	Organizationally Relevant Journeys in Individual Change	32
3	Dynamics in Groups and Teams: Groups as Complex Action Systems	50
4	Dualities and Tensions of Planned Organizational Change	73
5	Adaptation and Selection in Strategy and Change: Perspectives on Strategic Change in Organizations	108
6	Dynamics of Structural Change	161
7	Dynamics in Organizational Culture	190
8	Evolutionary Dynamics of Organizational Populations and Communities	212
9	Social, Technical, and Institutional Change: A Literature Review and Synthesis	259
10	Dynamics of Change in Organizational Fields	304
11	The Nation-State and Culture as Influences on Organizational Change and Innovation	324
12	Complexity Science Models of Organizational Change and Innovation	354
13	Theories of Organizational Change and Innovation Processes	374
	Index	399

Editorial Reviews

"This valuable resource for those seeking to understand organizational change is a must for every university research library."—CHOICE

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