Organization Change - Theory and Practice

Informationen zum Autor W. Warner Burke is Professor of Psychology and Education and coordinator for the graduate programs in social-organizational psychology in the Department of Organization and Leadership at Teachers College, Columbia University in New York. He is also senior advisor to the organization and change strategy practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Dr. Burke earned his B.A. from Furman University and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Texas, Austin. Prior to Teachers College, he served as Chair, Department of Management at Clark University, head of management programs and organization development at the NTL Institute, and as Executive Director of the OD Network. Dr. Burke's consulting experience has been with a variety of organizations in business-industry, education, government, religious, and medical systems. A Diplomate in I/O psychology, the American Board of Professional Psychology, he is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, the American Psychological Society, and the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and past editor of both Organizational Dynamics and the Academy of Management Executive. He has authored over 130 articles and book chapters in organizational psychology, organization change, and leadership, and authored, co-authored, or edited 14 books. He has received numerous awards, including in 1989 the Public Service Medal from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, in 1990 the Distinguished Contribution to Human Resource Development Award and in 1993 the Organization Development Professional Practice Area Award for Excellence-The Lippitt Memorial Award- from the American Society for Training and Development. His latest book (2000), coauthored with Bill Trahant, is Business Climate Shifts: Profiles of Change Makers. Klappentext The Fourth Edition of this bestselling text continues to make clear how effective organization change is grounded in sound knowledge about human behavior in the workplace. Author W. Warner Burke reviews various models and cases to demonstrate how to diagnose change issues in organizations. Greater emphasis is placed on planned, revolutionary change over the gradual, evolutionary change typically experienced by organizations. The book combines and integrates theory and research with application for insight into all aspects of organization change. Features include: Utilizes unique theory bases for understanding organizations and change: Additional theory bases such as Capra's ideas about the life sciences, chaos theory, and Gladwell's The Tipping Point are discussed. Examines both evolutionary and revolutionary organization change: Organization change is discussed at different organizational levels and with clarification of resistances to change making it easy for the reader to comprehend. Discusses the nature of change: The book begins by addressing how organization change is initiated by changing behavior and not by changing mental sets or attributes, which gradually change over time as key behaviors are enacted, measured, and rewarded. Illustrates the usefulness of models: Additional models such as one developed by Burke and Litwin have been included to help assess what needs to be changed and what priorities are over time. Offers extensive coverage of leadership via two chapters devoted to the topic: Leading Organizational Change and Transformational Leadership. Chapter devoted to culture change Zusammenfassung The Fourth Edition of this bestselling text continues to make clear how effective organization change is grounded in sound knowledge about human behavior in the workplace. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Sources for Understanding Organization Change2. Rethinking Organization Change3. A Brief History of Organization Change4. Theoretical Foundations o...

Product details

• Authors: W. Warner Burke
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.12.2013
• EAN: 9781452257235
• ISBN: 978-1-4522-5723-5
• No. of pages: 448
• Series: Foundations for Organizational Science Series; Foundations for Organizational
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management