Includes bibliographical references and index.

About this book -- About the authors -- Acknowledgements -- The context and meaning of change -- Organizations and their changing environments -- The nature of organizational change -- Changing organizations -- Organizational design, structure and change -- Culture and change -- Power, politics and change -- Leadership styles and leading change -- Strategies for managing change -- Hard systems models of change -- Soft systems models for change -- Future directions and challenges -- References -- Author index -- Subject index.

This very successful textbook explores change and how it relates to the complexities of organizational life, and puts an emphasis on applying the theory to practice. Now significantly updated and in its 5th edition, Organizational Change reflects a rapidly changing world and considers 'how change has changed'. The book is structured in three parts. The first part considers the causes and nature of change. Part two opens up the organization to expand on issues of structuring for change, the cultural and political contexts for change and how to lead change. Part three moves firmly into addressing the more practical considerations of designing, planning and implementing change.