The Changing Organization

Agency Theory in a Cross-Cultural Context

Kaijun Guo author Maurice Yolles author Gerhard Fink author Paul Iles author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:10th Nov '16

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This book provides a multidisciplinary approach for studying the management of change under conditions of complexity.

The book is designed for academics and graduate students in organization theory, social theory, cybernetics, cross-cultural theory and systems theory. It examines social collectives and organisation culture, presenting a theoretical framework capable of improving our understanding and anticipation of its patterns of behaviour.The Changing Organization provides a multidisciplinary approach for studying the management of change under conditions of complexity. Single-discipline approaches frequently miss essential elements that reduce the possibility of coherence within a multi-agency organizational setting. Combining a systems and cybernetic 'living system' perspective, Guo, Yolles, Fink, and Iles offer a new agency paradigm designed to model, diagnose and analyse complex, real-world situations. Its capacity to anticipate patterns of behaviour provides useful means by which the origin of crises can be understood, and resolutions reflected upon. Scholars and graduate students in fields as diverse as management, politics, anthropology and psychology will find numerous applications for this book when considering socio-political and organizational change, and it offers an invaluable guide for consultants who may wish to apply advanced techniques of contextual analysis to real-world situations.

ISBN: 9781107146808

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm

Weight: 830g

466 pages