Organization Change: Theory And Practice( Series - Foundations For Organizational Science )

The Second 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.

Key Features of the Second Edition"Extends coverage of leadership": The chapter on Leading Organizational Change is now accompanied by a new chapter entitled Transformational Leadership. This chapter covers the fundamentals of leadership compared with management, transformational leadership, and the roles and responsibilities of the change leader."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 Second Edition 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 Litwinhave been included to help assess what needs to be changed and what priorities are over time.

Intended Audience

This is an excellent core textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses on Organization Change in the areas of organization psychology, industrial psychology, business administration, and organizational behavior. It is also a valuable resource for professionals and consultants in need of a reference for analyzing organizations.