For undergraduate and graduate courses in Organization Theory, Organizational Design, and Organizational Change/Development.  Business is changing at break-neck speed so managers must be increasingly active in reorganizing their firms to gain a competitive edge.  Organizational Theory, Design, and Change continues to provide students with the most up-to-date and contemporary treatment of the way managers attempt to increase organizational effectiveness. By making organizational change the centerpiece in a discussion of organizational theory and design, this text stands apart from other books on the market.
                         
                        
                            Part 1: The Organization and Its Environment  Chapter 1: Organizations and Organizational Effectiveness  Chapter 2: Stakeholders, Managers, and Ethics  Chapter 3: Organizing in a Changing Global Environment  Part 2: Organizational Design  Chapter 4: Basic Challenges of Organizational Design  Chapter 5: Designing Organizational Structure: Authority and Control  Chapter 6: Designing Organizational Structure: Specialization and Coordination  Chapter 7: Creating and Managing Organizational Culture  Chapter 8: Organizational Design and Strategy in a Changing Global Environment  Chapter 9: Organizational Design, Competences, and Technology  Part 3: Organizational Change  Chapter 10: Types and Forms of Organizational Change  Chapter 11: Organizational Transformations: Birth, Growth, Decline, and Death  Chapter 12: Decision Making, Learning, Knowledge Management, and Information Technology  Chapter 13: Innovation, Intrapreneurship, and Creativity  Chapter 14: Managing Conflict, Power, and Politics