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Dynamics of Organizational Change and Learning

Jaap Boonstra (Edited by), JJ Boonstra (Author)

9780471877370, Wiley

Hardback, published 23 April 2004

512 pages
25.2 x 17.3 x 3.3 cm, 1.002 kg

This handbook focuses on the complex processes and problems oforganizational change and relates current knowledge of individualand group psychology to the understanding of the dynamics ofchange.
* Complementary and competing insights are presented as overviewsof theory and research
* Offers helpful insights about choosing models and methods inspecific situations
* Chapters by international authors of the highest quality

About the Editor vii

About the Contributors ix

Series Preface xv

Preface xvii

Acknowledgements xx

Introduction 1
Jaap Boonstra

Part I Fundamentals and Practices in Organization Development

1 Organization Development and Change: Foundations and Applications 25
Thomas Cummings

2 Open Systems Theory: Implications for Development and Learning 43
Merrelyn Emery

3 Organizing Change Processes: Cornerstones, Methods, and Strategies 71
Morten Levin

4 Art and Wisdom in Choosing Change Strategies: A Critical Reflection 85
Marc Buelens and Geert Devos

Part II Designing and Organizing Organizational Change

5 Change Architecture: Designing and Organizing the Process of Change 101
Colin Carnall

6 Managing Change Successfully: Core Questions, Issues, and Strategies 115
Klaus Doppler

7 Organizational Change: Strategies and Interventions 133
Elise Walton and Michael Russell

8 Dilemmas and Paradoxes in Organizing Change Processes: A Critical Reflection 149
Luc Hoebeke Copyrighted Material

Part III Organizing, Changing, and Learning in Ambiguous Contexts

9 Organizational Change and Development: Episodic and Continuous Changing 177
Karl Weick and Robert Quinn

10 Thinking about Change in Different Colours: Multiplicity in Change Processes 197
Léon de Caluwé and Hans Vermaak

11 Beyond Implementation: Co-creation in Change and Development 227
André Wierdsma

12 Change Works: A Critical Construction 259
Dian Marie Hosking

Part IV Power Dynamics and Organizational Change

13 Power Dynamics in Organizational Change: A Multi-perspective Approach 279
Patricia Bradshaw and Jaap Boonstra

14 Interactions in Organizational Change: Using Influence Tactics to Initiate Change 301
Gary Yukl

15 Power and Collaboration: Methodologies for Working Together in Change 317
Kilian Bennebroek Gravenhorst and Roeland in ’t Veld

16 Power and Change: A Critical Reflection 343
Cynthia Hardy and Stewart Clegg

Part V Learning and Developing for Sustainable Change

17 Learning in Organizations: Schools of Thought and Current Challenges 371
Alfons Sauquet

18 Double-loop Learning and Organizational Change: Facilitating Transformational Change 389
Chris Argyris

19 Learning and Sustainable Change: Designing Learning Spaces 403
Gerhard Smid and Ronald Beckett

20 Knowledge, Learning, and Organizational Embeddedness: A Critical Reflection 429
Alice Lam

Conclusion: Some Reflections and Perspectives on Organizing, Changing, and Learning 447
Jaap Boonstra

Index 477

Subject Areas: Psychology [JM]

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