Opposing the notion that organisational change can be planned, predicted, or controlled, this timely book offers a critical perspective on change management. Johan Coetsee, Patrick Flood, Steven Kilroy and Teresa O'Hara portray change as a fluid phenomenon shaped by negotiation, tension, and the complex realities of power, politics, and institutions.Consolidating insights from leadership, stakeholder engagement, and ethics, the authors present a context-sensitive understanding of c...

Encompassing interviews with managing directors and CEOs, this book explores the role of business outsiders as leaders. Viewing the term ‘outsider’ in a broad sense, the book considers leader background, perspective, gender, training and family membership and examines the implications, challenges and benefits brought by outsider leaders to their respective business environments. The authors explore questions and themes such as how outsider leaders can enrich an organisation, the importance...

With a clear organizing framework, based on a process model of change, and vast breadth of coverage, John Hayes' best-selling textbook covers all stages of change management.This 7th edition equips you with the practical tools, and knowledge of recent academic research and thinking, to manage change in all types of organizations. It embeds learning with a range of pedagogical tools, including experiential learning exercises, research reports, in-text examples and c...

This unique text is the first to explore leadership in the context of healthcare systems across Europe. It investigates leadership and management learning against the backdrop of increasing European parliamentary influence, the expansion of EU membership, and the increasing number of patients, staff, governments and healthcare employers viewing Europe as a single market for healthcare provision and employment.Written by leading authority Neil Goodwin, this timely book provides an a...

In addition to their formal structure and the rules and standard operating procedures used to support and operate the structure, organizations also rely heavily on their organizational culture as an important tool in controlling and coordinating the activities of their members (e.g., executive, managers and employees), formulating communications among those members, and providing incentives and reasons for them to act in ways that the leaders of the organization considers to be necessary i...

This brand new and innovative core textbook fuses topics from the related fields of organizational behaviour and human resource management to provide new insight into the interconnectedness of these important and complementary areas. The text takes an integrated and dynamic approach to the study of how work and people are organized and puts the human at the centre of human resource management and organizational behaviour. The accessible student-centred focus and wide range of learning feat...

Handbook of Hospitality Human Resources Management is an authoritative resource comprising an edited collection of papers, which review and discuss this crucial aspect of hospitality, whilst illustrating how theories and concepts can be applied to the hospitality industry. Written by internationally recognized practitioners and academics, this book provides thorough reviews and discussions. The depth and coverage of each topic is unprecedented. A must-read for hospitality researchers and e...

Are you leading organizational change in a way that delivers measurable results for people and performance?Managing and Leading People Through Organizational Change by Julie Hodges is a strategic guide for senior leaders and executives accountable for driving transformation while safeguarding engagement, wellbeing and inclusion.Grounded in evidence-based analysis, this updated edition provides proven tools for inte...

Many elements of an organization's structure are clearly visible, such as organizational charts, categorizations such as a partnership or corporation, job descriptions, and various legal documents yet these still fall short of illustrating how an organization is designed, interacts with its environment, learns, and evolves. The analogy of the blind men feeling various parts of an elephant and coming up with different perspectives is a real phenomenon with organizational structure as well g...

Reviews:Going Green Together is an excellent scientific achievement and is leading the way in giving advice on how to green a business sustainably.--Dr. Aidan O'Driscoll, Editor Irish Marketing ReviewThis book is a valuable addition to the literature on implementing organisational change and contains many useful insights on how to go green by bridging knowing doing gaps.--Sean Byrne, Contributor The Irish TimesThis award winning thesis provides essenti...

The knowledge base about mentoring and coaching in education has grown considerably worldwide in the last decade. The very many definitions of mentoring and coaching demand an evidence base to assist with understanding the convergence and distinctions between these concepts, and with situating them in relation to learning.This Handbook is a leading source of ideas and information. It covers national and international research on schools, higher education, and disciplines within and...

Today's complex research challenges demand effective teams, yet researchers rarely receive training in teamwork skills crucial for collaborative success.This book fills that gap, outlining theory and providing practical actions that equip researchers with tools to build and sustain effective teams. Drawing on organizational psychology, team science and the authors’ own experience, it offers concrete practices for fostering collaborative innovation, managing diverse perspectives and...