Managing Radical Organizational Change / Edition 1

by Karen L. Newman, Stanley D. Nollen

Overview

The breakup of the former Soviet Union has given organizational science scholars the opportunity to study radical changes companies must make in order to adapt to different economic and social goals. The authors of this book examined in depth how companies in central Europe (Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic) made the unprecedented move from a centrally planned system to a market economy. The results of their analysis, along with new theory they have developed about managing radical organizational change, are presented here.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761909330
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	07/16/1998
Pages:	392
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Stanley D. Nollen is a professor at Mc Donough School of Business, Georgetown University. Professor Nollen's field of research and teaching is international business. He studies firms and industries in emerging market economies and has directed foreign study programs in Delhi, Bangalore, Dubai, Ho Chi Minh City, Prague, and Seoul. He has been a visiting professor at the London School of Economics and the University of Antwerp, with Fulbright fellowships in Delhi and Prague. His recent published research is about software and hardware industries in India and China, and about the transition of firms in the Czech Republic. Publication outlets for his articles include the Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Development Studies, International Organization, Industrial Relations, and Harvard Business Review, and books from Stanford University Press with the World Bank, and Sage. Professor Nollen twice received Fulbright awards in Delhi and in Prague. He was an academic visitor at the London School of Economics and at Universiteit Antwerpen. Professor Nollen teaches courses in international business and in macro-and micro-economics. He has won MBA teaching awards four times.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Czech History, Culture and Economic Transformation
Heritage from the Past
Organizational Effects of Central Planning
Perspectives on Organizational Transformation
Building Theory from the Ground Up
Research Methods
Advantages from the Start
Friendly Competition
Leading the Transformation
The Road to Radical Change
Culture, Congruence and Core Values
Conclusions and Curiosities