Handbook of Organizational Change and Innovation

by Poole, Marshall Scott; Van de Ven, Andrew H.

• ISBN13: 9780195135008
• ISBN10: 0195135008
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-08-26
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

In a world of organizations that are in constant change scholars have long sought to understand and explain how they change. This book introduces research methods that are specifically designed to support the development and evaluation of organizational process theories. The authors are a group of highly regarded experts who have been doing collaborative research on change and development for many years.

Author Biography

Andrew H. Van de Ven is Vernon H. Heath Professor of Organizational Innovation and Change in the Carlson School of Management of the University of Minnesota

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix
Introduction	xi
Marshall Scott Poole
Andrew H. Van de Ven
Central Issues in the Study of Change and Innovation	3	(29)
Marshall Scott Poole
Organizationally Relevant Journeys in Individual Change	32	(18)
Richard W. Woodman
Todd Dewett
Dynamics in Groups and Teams: Groups as Complex Action Systems	50	(23)
Joseph E. McGrath
Franziska Tschan
Dualities and Tensions of Planned Organizational Change	73	(35)
Myeong-Gu Seo
Linda L. Putnam
Jean M. Bartunek
Adaptation and Selection in Strategy and Change: Perspectives on Strategic Change in Organizations	108	(53)
Arie Y. Lewin
Carmen B. Weigelt
James D. Emery
Dynamics of Structural Change	161	(29)
Robert Drazin
Mary Ann Glynn
Robert K. Kazanjian
Dynamics in Organizational Culture	190	(22)
Mary Jo Hatch
Evolutionary Dynamics of Organizational Populations and Communities	212	(47)
Joel A. C. Baum
Hayagreeva Rao
Social, Technical, and Institutional Change: A Literature Review and Synthesis	259	(45)
Andrew H. Van de Ven
Timothy J. Hargrave
Dynamics of Change in Organizational Fields	304	(20)
C. R. (Bob) Hinings
Royston Greenwood
Trish Reay
Roy Suddaby
The Nation-State and Culture as Influences on Organizational Change and Innovation	324	(30)
Arie Y. Lewin
Jisung Kim
Complexity Science Models of Organizational Change and Innovation	354	(20)
Kevin J. Dooley
Theories of Organizational Change and Innovation Processes	374	(25)
Marshall Scott Poole
Andrew H. Van de Ven
Index	399