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Agency and Change (Routledge Studies in Organizational Change & Development) - Softcover

Book 1 of 26: Routledge Studies in Organizational Change & Development

Caldwell, Raymond

 
9780415326773: Agency and Change (Routledge Studies in Organizational Change & Development)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 041532677X ISBN 13: 9780415326773
Publisher: Routledge, 2005

Synopsis

This excellent book remaps the limits and possibilities of change, clearly shifting the focus from outmoded debates on agency and structure to new practice-based discourses on agency and change. Offering readers a selective and critical review of key literature and empirical research, it will help students contextualize this complex subject area and independently evaluate future prospects for effective change agent roles in organizations

Presenting an interdisciplinary exploration of competing discourses, the book uses two overarching conceptual continua: centred agency-decentred agency and systems-processes, thereby allowing a more intensive focus on agency and change.

Well-written with challenging content, this book is essential reading for those interested in the origins, development and future prospects for change agency in an organizational world characterized by increasing complexity, risk and uncertainty.

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About the Author

Raymond Caldwell is Reader in Organizational Change at Birkbeck College, University of London. His research interests include organizational change theories, change agency and leadership, and the role of the HR function in the management of change.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2005
Language
English
ISBN 10 
041532677X
ISBN 13 
9780415326773
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
200