The awakening giant : continuity and change in imperial chemical industries / Andrew M. Pettigrew.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pettigrew, Andrew M. (Andrew Marshall), 1944-

Series:

Routledge Revivals

Routledge revivals

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imperial Chemical Industries, ltd--History--20th century.

Imperial Chemical Industries, ltd.

Chemical industry--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Chemical industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (567 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Abingdon [England] : Routledge, 2011, c1985.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

First published in 1985, The Awakening Giant made a major practical and theoretical contribution to the study of corporate strategy, organisational analysis and change, and business history. Anyone with an interest in managing change in a large corporation will find this book rewarding reading.

Contents:

The Awakening Giant Continuity and Change in Imperial ChemicalIndustries; Copyright; The Awakening Giant Continuity and Change in Imperial Chemical Industries; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 Research on Organisational Change and Development and Strategic Change: Some Limitations; Organisational Change and Development; Origins, History, and Development of Organisational Development; Research on Organisational Change and Development; Context and Process in Existing Research on Organisational Change; Elements of the Literature on Strategic Choice and Change; Bearings

2 Context, Culture and Politics: The Development of Strategic ChangeCriticisms of Organisation Theory and Behaviour; Analytical Bearings: Linking Context, Process, and Organisational Changing; Data Base and Research Questions; The Political and Cultural Perspective on Organisational Process; The Levels of Analysis and Particular Study Questions; 3 ICI In Its Changing Business and Economic Context; Trends and Characteristics of the Chemical Industry; Some Trends and Characteristics of the UK Chemical Industry and Its Economic Context, 1960-83

The Recent Business History, Culture, and Performance of ICIICI Compared with Some Major Competitors, 1967-81; 4 Implementing Corporate Change: A Role for Organisation Development 1965-72; The Central Organisation Development Resources, 1964-72: An Overview; Antecedents of MUPS and WSA; Dealing with Resistance to Change: The Birth and Early Life of Central Organisation Development; The Legacy of WSA and SDP; 5 The Heavy Hand of History: Business Development and Social Innovation in Agricultural Division; Billingham Division: Business History, Organisation and Culture 1920-57

Business History and Development, 1958-83Agricultural Division Organisation Development: An Overview; Antecedents of Organisation Development; Social Innovation in Agricultural Division 1962-69; 6 The Organic Strategy for Creating Change: Agricultural Division; Birth and Pioneering, 1969-72; Diffusion and Doubt, 1972-76 173; Opportunism and Refocussing 1977-83; Postscript: Business Survival and Regeneration: A Role for Organisation Development for the 1980's?; 7 The Enforced Strategy for Creating Change: Petrochemicals Division

Heavy Organic Chemicals/Petrochemicals Division: Business History, Organisation, and Culture: 1958-81Petrochemicals Division Organisation Development Unit: An Overview; Antecedents of the Organisation Development Unit; The Birth: From Task Force to Organisation Development Unit 1970-72; Demise of the Organisation Development Unit 1972-73; Organisation Development: The End; 8 The Change Strategy Without Political Support: Plastics Division; Plastics Division: Business History, Organisation and Culture, 1945-81

Plastics Division's Use of Specialist Organisation Development Resources: An Overview

Notes:

"First published in 1985 by Basil Blackwell"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-136-72093-6

0-203-81626-9

9780203816264

OCLC:

852757830