Organizational Transformation for Sustainability - An Integral Metatheory

Zusatztext "Once every generation or so! a field-defining scholarly statement appears. Mark Edwards's metatheory for organizational transformation is such a book for the field of organizational change and transformation." - From the Foreword by William R. Torbert! Boston College"Not only is this an excellent example of scholarship! but a clearly written! well presented treatment of a very complex topic." - Russ Volckman! Integral Leadership Review Informationen zum Autor Mark Edwards is a registered psychologist with a Masters degree in developmental psychology and a PhD (awarded distinction) in organisation theory from the University of Western Australia. He has worked with people with disabilities for more than 20 years. He currently teaches business ethics at the Business School! University of Western Australia and metatheoretical studies at the John F. Kennedy University in California. His academic publications have been in the areas of futures studies! leadership! management and organisation theory and integral metatheory. Zusammenfassung Organizational Transformation for Sustainability: An Integral Metatheory offers some innovative answers to the big questions involved in organizational sustainability and the radical changes that organizations will need to undergo as we move into the third millennium. This new approach comes from the new field of integral metatheory. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures. List of Tables. Foreword. Introduction: An Integrative Pluralism 1.The Need for Metatheory in the Study of Organisational Transformation 2.Metatheoretical Domain and Definitions 3."The View from Somewhere Else": In Defence of Metatheorising 4.Stories of Transformation 5.A General Method for Metatheory Building 6.A Multiparadigm Review and Analysis of Organisational Transformation Theories 7.The Network of Lens Relationships 8. Sustaining Visions: An Integrative Metatheory for Organisational Transformation 9.Metatheoretical Evaluations 10.Towards an Integrative Meta-Studies. Appendices. References. Index ...

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• Authors: Mark Edwards, Mark (University of Oxford Edwards, Edwards Mark
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.01.2011
• EAN: 9780415888691
• ISBN: 978-0-415-88869-1
• No. of pages: 276
• Series: Routledge Studies in Business Ethics; Routledge Studies in Business Ethics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, Business & Economics / General, Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Ethics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Green Business, Organizational theory & behaviour, Sales & marketing, Sales and marketing, Organizational theory and behaviour