1st Edition
The Reforming Organization Making Sense of Administrative Change
226 Pages
by
Routledge
226 Pages
by
Routledge
226 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1993. Organizations have become larger, more professionalized, more differentiated, and wealthier. At the same time, they are often subject to large-scale changes: either as a result of mergers and acquisitions, or simply in response to changed market conditions or new technologies. In this climate the people who run organizations frequently find themselves acting as... Read more
Preface; 1. Organizational Forms: Can We Choose Them? 2. Reforming Institutionalized Organizations 3. Reform as Routine 4. The Modernization Imperative 5. Organizational Individuality and Rationality as Reform Content 6. The Reform Principle, Realities and Mediating Concepts 7. Implementing Reforms 8. Implementation and Institutional Identity 9. Success at the Expense of Control 10. The Implicit Effects of Reform 11. Reform as a Learning Process 12. Reform and Power; References; Index
Biography
Nils Brunsson, Johan P. Olsen
