Leike van Oss, Jaap van t Hek

Why Organizational Change Fails (eBook, ePUB)

Robustness, Tenacity, and Change in Organizations

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Why Organizational Change Fails is about the sturdy and stable aspect of organisations. The purpose of the book is to make change managers and OD consultants sensitive to signals of the robust part of an organization, helping them to see something different than they usually see: signs of change.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136718342
• Artikelnr.: 38404893

Autorenporträt

Jaap van 't Hek owns and is the management consultant and interim manager of Organisatievragen . He works as a director in governments and non profit organizations, and is also a teacher, trainer and coach for young professionals at Sioo.

Leike van Oss formed Organisatievragen together with Jaap van 't Hek and has worked as an organizational consultant, interim manager and coach. Leike works with knowledge-intensive organizations, as well as national and local government organizations.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Robustness 1. Robustness 2. Routines: The Social Aspect of
Robustness. Introduction by Prof. Christien Brinkgreve: On the Tenacity of
Sexual Differences 3. The Learned Organization: The Cognitive Aspect of
Robustness. Introduction by Prof. Theo Mulder: On Human Motor Control in a
Constantly Changing Environment 4. Power: The Political Aspect of
Robustness. Introduction by Prof. Jan van Hooff: Power and Stability in the
Social Organization of Animals 5. Pathological Forms of Robustness.
Introduction by Dr Piet Boonekamp: A Chance Meeting Between Phytophthora
and the Potato? Part II: Tenacity 6. The Tenacity of Organizations 7.
Springing Back. Introduction by Prof. Louise Vet: Change for the Sake of
Not Having To Change: A Metaphor from the Field of Ecology 8. Smothering
Change. Introduction by Prof. Hans Bennis: On the (Un) Changeability of
Language 9. Calculating. Introduction by Saskia van Dockum: Inertia and
Change: Lessons from Archaeology Part III: Perspectives 10. The Blind Spot.
Introduction by René Gude: Changes with Lasting Consequences: The
Philosophy of Unchangeability 11. Lessons for Change Introduction by Frank
Bijdendijk: The Yin and Yang of Our Built Environment In Conclusion