Research in organizational change and development. Vol. 15.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Woodman, Richard W.

Pasmore, William A.

Series:

Research in organizational change and development, 0897-3016

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organizational change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (340 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; London : JAI, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The chapters in volume 15 of ROCD address a wide array of topics, challenges, and gaps in our knowledge of organizational change. Purser, Bluedorn and Petranker explore the dynamics of time in organizational change, proposing the use of the concept of flow time. Falkenberg and her colleagues examine the issue of excessive change in organizations, which they define as the simultaneous pursuit of multiple unrelated changes. Real and Poole develop a framework for classifying approaches to conceptualizing and measuring innovation implementation. Roth provides a case description of knowledge creation stemming from a team composed of university, business, and consulting organizations.Ferdig and Ludema examine change via self-organizing processes at the U.S. National Regulatory Commission, the government agency that monitors nuclear reactors. Wischnevsky and Damanpour explore the punctuated equilibrium model of organizational transformation in the banking industry. Golembiewski and his colleagues address the application of organization development across cultures, specifically the use of OD within those cultures where Confucian ideas are prominent. Coghlan and Coughlan report on the CO-IMPROVE project - an action research initiative funded by the European Union. Finally, Yeager, Sorensen and Bengtsson assess the current state-of-the-use of appreciative inquiry in programs of organizational change.

Contents:

The times of cause and flow in organizational change / Ronald E. Purser, Allen C. Bluedorn, Jack Petranker

Creating new knowledge by crossing theory and practice boundaries / George L. Roth

Transformative interactions : qualities of conversation that heighten the vitality of self-organizing change / Mary A. Ferdig, James D. Ludema

Informing an apparent irony in OD applications : good fit of OD and Confucian work ethics / Robert T. Golembiewski, Jong-In Yoon, Seok-Eun Kim, Jung-Wook Lee

Collaborative research across borders and boundaries : action research insights from the co-improve / David Coghlan, Paul Coughlan

Assessment of the state of appreciative inquiry : past, present, and future / Therese F. Yaeger, Peter F. Sorensen, Ulf Bengtsson

When change becomes excessive / Joyce Falkenberg, Inger G. Stensaker, Christine B. Meyer, Anne Cathrin Haueng

Innovation implementation : conceptualization and measurement in organizational research / Kevin Real, Marshall Scott Poole.

Notes:

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Print version record

ISBN:

9781849503198

OCLC:

476002042