About the Book
This bestselling text continues to provide a fresh approach to organisational change by linking it to the key drivers of creativity and innovation, but now contains improved coverage of approaches to change.
It explores change as a human and social process, looking at the vital role leadership, entrepreneurship and creativity play in change management, rather than viewing it as a series of systems and mechanisms. In doing so, it provides all the theoretical and practical understanding you will need as both a student of change and a future manager.
The second edition comes with access to a range of learning and revision aids online and is packed with cases and examples from around the globe.
Table of Contents:
PART I: SETTING THE SCENCE: THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: A Historical Overview of Business Practice and Theory Development
Chapter 3: The Process of Change, Creativity and Innovation
PART II: CHANGE AND INNOVATION IN ORGANIZATIONS
Chapter 4:Components of Change: Choice, Communication and Resistance
Chapter 5: The Change-Continuity Paradox: Strategic Dilemmas and Theoretical Concerns
Chapter 6: Planning Approaches to Change and Linear Stage Models
Chapter 7: Process Approaches to Change and Nonlinear Time
PART III: CREATIVITY, INNOVATION AND CHANGE IN ORGANIZATIONS
Chapter 8: The individual: promoting critical thinking
Chapter 9: The Group: Nurturing Team Work
Chapter 10: The Leader: Promoting New Ideas at Work
Chapter 11: The Internal Environment: Orchestrating Structure, Systems and Resources
Chapter 12: Culture: Enabling and Constraining Creative Processes at Work
Chapter 13: Creative Industries, Innovative Cities and Changing Worlds
Chapter 14: Conclusion
About the Author :
Patrick Dawson is Professor of Organizational Change at the University of Northumbria and Emeritus Professor at the University of Aberdeen. He holds a PhD in Industrial Sociology from the University of Southampton and during his early career, worked at the University of Surrey and the University of Edinburgh. He moved to Australia in the 1980s and took up a lectureship at the University of Adelaide. In 1997, he took up the Salvesen Chair in Management at the University of Aberdeen, where he undertook senior administrative roles including Director of Graduate Studies and Head of the Business School. After a sabbatical in 2005, Patrick reduced his time at Aberdeen and took up a professorial appointment at the University of Wollongong (2006-2016) and the University of Adelaide (2017-2019), regularly travelling between the two countries. He has held visiting professorships at Roskilde University, Lund University and the Danish Technical University, as well as an adjunct professorship at Monash University.
In extended case study research in the UK and Australia, Patrick has been actively engaged in longitudinal studies on innovation and change for over forty years in a range of organizations, including Pirelli Cables, British Rail, General Motors, Hewlett Packard, the CSIRO and Micro-X. Many of these funded projects were collaborations with scholars from other universities, resulting in the publication of over 60 refereed journal articles, 14 books, 50 book chapters and numerous conference papers.
Constantine Andriopoulos is Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Associate Dean for Entrepreneurship and Director of the Research Centre for Innovation and Disruption at the Business School (formerly Cass). Costas is internationally recognized for his work on organizational ambidexterity; how companies in high-velocity markets can excel at both incremental (exploiting current capabilities) and discontinuous (exploring into new space) innovation.
He is an award-winning researcher and teacher. His research, funded by the Carnegie Trust and European Commission among others, has been published in top-tier peer-reviewed academic and practitioner journals including Organization Science, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Human Relations, California Management Review, Long Range Planning, and is widely cited. Due to the popularity and impact of his research, he consistently ranks at the top 5% authors on innovation management globally.
Costas is an active business consultant (Director of Avyssos Advisors Ltd., an innovation management consultancy), educator and advisor, working with CEOs and senior teams around the world. He has delivered executive education courses to utilities, insurance, energy, FMCG, satellite, SMEs and government organisations. He is also very active on social media and a frequent contributor to articles in the popular and managerial press, including outlets such as the Harvard Business Review, Financial Times, The Times, Reuters, among others.
Review :
I thought the first edition of this book was very good; this one is even better. I strongly recommend it to anyone who has an interest in managing and changing organizations, whether they be students, academics or managers. -- Professor Bernard Burnes This book is destined to be a classic in the field. I was amazed at the balance the book presents in critical perspectives with sound ideas for organizational change and development. The book has included important current debates and discussion of change management. It also provides useful resources and activities for each chapter. -- David M. Boje For students and practitioners, this is a benchmark text. Why do many planned organizational changes fail to meet their goals? Change management is often presented as a reaction to business problems, but change can be proactive, driven by creativity and innovation. Combining these perspectives in a processual framework, this text offers fresh explanations, beyond oversimplified guidelines and complex theories. The authors present a cross-disciplinary set of theories, models and techniques in a style sensitive to corporate, managerial and individual concerns. -- David A. Buchanan This book is a smorgasbord of delightful insights into approaches, experiences and controversial dimensions of change from leading academics in the area. If you want to go beyond cliched treatments of the field, then this book provides you with a wealth of dishes and much needed food for thought . -- Richard J Badham
