TY - BOOK AU - Burnes,Bernard TI - Managing change SN - 9780273778998 (ebook) AV - HD58.8 .B882 2014 PY - 2014/// CY - Harlow, England PB - Pearson KW - Organizational change KW - Business and Management KW - ukslc KW - Business strategy KW - thema KW - Management & management techniques KW - lcsh N1 - Previous edition: Harlow: Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2009; Includes bibliographical references and index; Also available in printed form ISBN 9780273778967; Electronic reproduction; Askews and Holts; Mode of access: World Wide Web N2 - This text provides management students and practising managers with an understanding of, and a guide to, managing the complexities of organizational change effectively. It discusses the techniques and methods that can be used to aid such change; Managing Change examines the concept and practice of change within the context of the history, literature and theories of management. In particular, it links the process of change to the strategic development, management and leadership of organisations. The reader is encouraged to reflect critically on areas such as post-modernism, realism and complexity theory, and explores in depth the influence of culture, power and politics. The book is aimed at students of change management, strategy and organisational change as part of undergraduate, MBA and MA programmes UR - http://www.vlebooks.com/vleweb/product/openreader?id=WestLondon&isbn=9780273778998 ER -