Effecting Organizational Change

In this book, one of the world's leading organization and management theorists presents the fruits of over 15 years' academic research and business consultancy. Iain Mangham's subject is perhaps "the" central business issue of the late 1980s: how to initiate and manage change in organizations, in response to new patterns of global business practice and competition. Leading on from the author's "Power and Performance in Organizations", the central concern of this book is the operation of the executive group, and its role in strategic decision-making. Mangham shows how organizational change, in upsetting established order and relationships, involves a fundamental process of conflict and reconciliation. Among the themes Mangham covers are leadership and authority, interpretation of routines, the acceptance of diversity and ambiguity, and the role of external consultants. In exploring the actions and purposes of the individuals who make up the executive group, Mangham illuminates the fundamental issues which must be faced in order to effect organizational change.