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Successful businesses are those that continuously turn ideas into profits. In the present global context, it is innovation that determines whether a business is gaining a competitive edge over others in shrinking markets. This extremely interesting book breaks the manager's myth that innovation is something outside the organizational framework, and shows how the capability to innovate can be built into the fabric of an organization in eight steps. The author focuses on a model that managers ca...

In Atomic the authorsa revolutionary theory is put to the test. Looking across all sectors of business, including retail banking, financial services, telecommunications, IT and consultancy, carbon--based corporations (oil and gas companies), and consumer products companies, Camrass and Farncombe discover some real eye--openers, including how truly more efficient these industries become by a change in corporate structure. The implications for individuals are equally profound and far--reaching. I...

Managing Change in Organisationsprovides a practical and thorough overview of how effective change can be achieved in organizations. The text is ideal for advanced undergraduates, MBA and postgraduate students on courses in managing change and organisational change.Colin Carnall takes a strategic approach, outlining guidance and techniques for planning and implementing, evaluating and learning from major organizational change. Reviewing traditional and more recent critical theories, he also pres...

The primary aim of this text is to provide management students and practising managers with an understanding of, and a guide to, managing the complexities of organizational change effectively.

How you respond to emerging trends and exploit their potential is key to the success of your organisation. Create a strategic vision for the future with this crucial guide to trends. Perceptive, provocative and inspiring ideas to transform the way you work, reinvent your business and make your organisation a trendsetter from management guru Tom Peters.

"Describes how to transform businesses, governments, universities and non-profit organizations into enterprises that create value through collaboration. Demonstrates how organizations can adopt collaborative culture by changing their structures"--Provided by publisher.

In this book, the authors integrate the three dominant approaches to organizational development-learning, performance, and change-to create a dynamic lens through which to analyze any HRD program or initiative.

This book is an accessible entry point into the theory and practice of work reflection for students and practitioners. Taking a cross-disciplinary approach, it covers management, education, organizational psychology and sociology, drawing on examples from Europe, the Middle East, North America and Australia. It traces reflection at work from an emphasis on training, through a focus on how organizations learn, to a concern with the necessary learning groups to operate effectively. It emphasizes p...

This book offers a new understanding of innovation in the built environment. The ways meaning of innovation is constructed has important implications for policymakers, project managers, academics and students. Through a longitudinal research study into innovation in firms and projects, the book addresses some key themes, challenges and concerns that practitioners face when managing innovation in the built environment. It examines the key drivers for innovation in the construction, engineering an...