Organizational change theories: a synthesis

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Introduction The Field of organizational Change: An Historical Account Focus of the book Organization of the book Part I Adaptation or Selection? Do Organizations Really Change? Chapter 1 - Adaptation and Growth Perspective Rational Adaptation Approaches Organic Adaptation Approach Life Cycle Approach Chapter 2 - Selection and Imitation Perspective Population Ecology The New Institutionalism A Look for the Outside Part II - Transformation or Evolution? Is Transformation Always Revolutionary? Chapter 3 - the Configuration Approach Momentum and Revolution: The Punctuated Equilibrium Model Design Archetypes: From Punctuated Equilibrium to Theories of Stability and Change Chapter 4 - The Cognitive Approach Organizational Change as Reframing Reframing as a Change of Knowledge Stucture Reframing as a Social Interaction Process Chapter 5 - The Cultural Approach Culture and Change: Functionalist and Interpretive Perspectives Cultural Change Processes Differentiation Studies Fragmentation Studies Chapter 6 - The Political Approach Power and Change: From Resistance to Renewal A Look From Above Part III - Natural Evolution or Social Dynamics? How do Organizations Renew Themselves? Chapter 7 - The Natural Evolution Perspective The Behavioural Learning Approach The Evolutionary Approach The Complexity Approach Chapter 8 - The Social Dynamics Perspective The Radical and Postmodern Approaches Discourse About Change Discourse Changing Over Time Change as Practical and Social Performance Looking to Change From the Inside Conclusion Looking for an Elusive Object Culmination or Dissolution?

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