Research Catalog

Title

Organizational change and redesign : ideas and insights for improving performance / edited by George P. Huber, William H. Glick.

Publication

New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1993.

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Additional Authors

• Huber, George P.
• Glick, William H.

Description

xiii, 450 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

• What are the root causes of the accelerating rate of change in the business environment? What patterns exist in the ways environmental change leads to organizational change? Confronted with a state of continuously accelerating change, what should managers and organizational scientists do?
• Organizational Change and Redesign addresses these and other questions to provide a clear and comprehensive understanding of the relationships among environmental changes, organizational redesign, and performance. George Huber, William Glick, and some of the finest authorities now working in the field of organizational change focus on specific new ideas and insights for improving managerial performance. The authors examine how changes in environment affect the overall performance of an organization.
• They also show how a variety of factors - including demographics, team structure, and communication processes influence the effectiveness of key managers.
• Drawing on multi-year studies of dozens of organizations and on interviews with top managers, the book includes practical tutorial chapters on how to analyze and manage organizational change and redesign. A thoughtful examination of fundamental issues and questions, Organizational Change and Redesign will be an essential tool for business scholars, students, and practicing managers in the middle and upper levels of organizations.

Subjects

• Performance
• Organizational change
• Organizational effectiveness

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

• 1. Sources and Forms of Organizational Change -- 2. Downsizing and Redesigning Organizations / Kim S. Cameron, Sarah J. Freeman and Aneil K. Mishra -- 3. Organizations Reacting to Hyperturbulence / Alan D. Meyer, James B. Goes and Geoffrey R. Brooks -- 4. Implications of Top Managers' Communication Choices for Strategic Decisions / Richard L. Daft, Kenneth R. Bettenhausen and Beverly B. Tyler -- 5. Effects of Executive Team Demography on Organizational Change / Charles A. O'Reilly III, Richard C. Snyder and Joan N. Boothe -- 6. The Impact of Upper-Echelon Diversity on Organizational Performance / William H. Glick, C. Chet Miller and George P. Huber -- 7. Understanding and Predicting Organizational Change / George P. Huber, Kathleen M. Sutcliffe, C. Chet Miller and William H. Glick -- 8. Managing the Process of Organizational Innovation / Andrew H. Van de Ven -- 9. Designing Global Strategic Alliances: Integrating Cultural and Economic Factors / John W. Slocum, Jr. and David Lei.
• 10. (Re)Designing Dynamic Organizations / Peter R. Monge -- 11. Organizational Redesign As Improvisation / Karl E. Weick -- 12. What Was Learned About Organizational Change and Redesign -- Epilogue: Designing Postindustrial Organizations: Combining Theory and Practice / Arie Y. Lewin and Carroll U. Stephens -- Appendix: Studying Changes in Organizational Design and Effectiveness: Retrospective Event Histories and Periodic Assessments / William H. Glick, George P. Huber, C. Chet Miller, D. Harold Doty and Kathleen M. Sutcliffe.

ISBN

0195072855 (alk. paper)

LCCN

92027456

OCLC

• 26306704
• ocm26306704

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries