Organizational Change Theories by Christiane Demers - 9780761929321

Organizational Change TheoriesA Synthesis\nAuthor(s): Christiane Demers\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: SAGE Publications Inc, United States\nImprint: SAGE Publications Inc\nISBN-13: 9780761929321, 978-0761929321\nSynopsis\n\""As Demers notes, organizational change is becoming a major field of research inquiry, encompassing an increasing diversity of theories. The three parts of the book place this topic in historical context, and reflect three key debates within the field: adaptation versus selection; transformation versus evolution; and natural evolution versus social dynamics.\""\n\nCHOICE\n\nWhile there are thousands of books on change management that adopt a normative perspective and numerous conceptual works that present one author?s perspective, this unique book offers a synthesis of major organizational change theories. Author Christiane Demers gives a unique guided tour of the field of organizational change providing readers with a historically framed, comprehensive synthesis o.