Organizational Development and Change Theory: Managing Fractal Organizing Processes (Routledge Studies in Organizational Change & Development) - Softcover

Henderson, Tonya

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138624071 ISBN 13: 9781138624078

Publisher: Routledge, 2018

Synopsis

This book offers a fresh perspective on organizational development and change theory and practice. Building on their recent work in quantum storytelling theory and complexity theory, Henderson and Boje consider the implications of fractal patterns in human behavior with a view toward ethics in organization development for the modern world.

Building on Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari’s (1987) ontology of multiple moving and intersecting fractal processes, the authors offer readers an understanding of how managing and organizing can be adapted to cope with the turbulence and complexity of different organizational situations and environments. They advocate a sustainable, co-creative brand of agency and introduce appropriate, simple tools to support organizational development practitioners. This book offers theory and research methods to management and organization scholars, along with praxis advice to practicing managers.

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About the Author

Tonya L. Henderson is a Consultant, Author, and Speaker for Gly Solutions, LLC, USA.

David M. Boje is Professor of Management and the Arthur Owens Chair in Business Administration at New Mexico State University, USA.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1138624071
• ISBN 13: 9781138624078
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 232