Executive and Organizational Continuity

Managing the Paradoxes of Stability and Change

Suresh Srivastva, Ronald E. Fry (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

400 Seiten

2010
Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S. (Verlag)
978-0-470-63947-4 (ISBN)

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Leading thinkers from a range of disciplinessuch as organizational behavior, management, psychology, and anthropologyexplore the importance of continuity to organizational health and offer insights into how organizations can change while preserving the traditions that make them what they are.

Leading thinkers from a range of disciplines such as organizational behavior, management, psychology, and anthropology explore the importance of continuity to organizational health and offer insights into how organizations can change while preserving the traditions that make them what they are. Case studies and research reveal the organizational structures, systems, and attitudes that foster a sense of continuity.

Suresh Srivastva and Ronald E. Fry are the authors of Executive and Organizational Continuity: Managing the Paradoxes of Stability and Change, published by Wiley.

Preface. The Authors.

Introduction: Continuity and Change in Organizational Life.

Part. 1 Searching for Continuity.

1 The Construction of Continuity.

2 Metaphors for Chaos, Stories of Continuity: Building a New Organizational Theory.

3 Crisis and Continuity: Reviewing the Past to Preview the Future.

Part. 2 Valuing Continuity.

4 Attending to Continuity and Organizational Goals.

5 Providing Continuity in Change: The Role of Tradition in Long-Term Adaptation.

6 Valuing Tradition While Changing: The Japanese Experience.

Part. 3 Developing Continuity.

7 Developing Leadership for Continuity and Change: Matters of Ends and Means.

8 Integrating the Extremes: Crucial Skills for Managerial Effectiveness.

9 Balancing Continuity and Change: The Constructive Tension in Individual and Organizational Development.

10 Rewarding Continuity and Innovation: Strategies for Effective Pay Systems.

Conclusion: The Leadership Agenda: Affirming Continuity to Manage Change.

References.

Name Index.

Subject Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.2.2010
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	586 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management
ISBN-10	0-470-63947-4 / 0470639474
ISBN-13	978-0-470-63947-4 / 9780470639474
Zustand	Neuware