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Informationen zum Autor Jaap Boonstra is Professor of Organization Dynamics at Esade Business School in Barcelona and Professor of Organizational Change and Learning at the University of Amsterdam. He is involved in strategic change processes of international companies like KLM, Bayer, Ahold and Arcadis. In addition he is a non-executive board member of several organizations including the International Choreographic Arts Centre and the Dutch Immigration Services. He is the co-author of Intervening and Changing: Looking for Meaning in Interactions (with Léon de Caluwé, Wiley, 2004) and author of Dynamics of Organizational Change and Learning (Wiley, 2007) . Klappentext The need for change within organizations is not uncommon, whether as a result of financial crisis, collaboration issues following an international merger, or other major events. But how can organizations effectively transform themselves? Jaap Boonstra argues that it is not possible to achieve positive strategic change without cultural change, but cultural change is itself not a simple process. So what steps can leaders take in order to tackle cultural change successfully and what are meaningful change strategies?Offering a clear vision on organizational change, Cultural Change and Leadership in Organizations outlines the conditions and factors necessary for an organization's positive strategic and cultural transformation. Boonstra explores the relationship between culture and leadership, and details ways to effectively combine and organize diverse approaches for strategic and cultural change within organizations. Throughout the text, he combines inspirational and conceptual material with practical examples and concrete interventions for planning and implementing these changes. The text is an invaluable addition for students of MBA and executive MBA programs, as well as a broad range of practitioners. "This book is written for leaders involved in or planning organisational change. It is jargon-free and easy to dip in and out of. It does not require substantial grounding in management of change theories, therefore is useful both for managers facilitating change and also for employees of companies undergoing a strategic and cultural change as a tool for providing meaning to those changes." ( The British Psychological Society , 1 June 2013) Zusammenfassung Cultural Change and Leadership in Organizations discusses ways in which organizations are able to implement successful strategic change; inspirational and conceptual material is combined with practical examples and concrete interventions for planning and implementing cultural change within organizations. Inhaltsverzeichnis About the Author xiv Preface xv Introduction 1 Part 1 Cultural Change in Organizations 9 Introduction 11 Essence of this part 11 Structure of this part 12 1 Perspectives on Organizational Cultures 13 Developments in Thinking about Organizational Cultures 13 Culture as the Identity of the Organization 20 Culture as a Source of Conflict and Renewal 24 Culture as a Learning Process 27 Culture and Customer Value Creation 30 Culture and Business Idea 33 Notes and References 35 2 Reasons for Strategic and Cultural Change 37 Surviving Crisis Situations 37 Strengthening Legitimate Position 38 International Expansion 40 Qualifying for the Future 41 Reinventing Business Propositions 42 Appreciating and Valuing Variety 44 Breakthrough Innovation 45 Maximizing Customer Value 46 Reasons for Cultural Change: An Overview 47 Notes and References 51 3 Conclusions of Cultural Change in Organizations 52 Do not Dare to Call it Cultural Change 52 Knowing your Meaning and Business Idea 52 Playing ...
