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Micro changes : a process perspective on organizational changes /

"This book is about organizational change, a topic I've been preoccupied with for years, from working in the corporate world and academically when researching as a Ph.D. student. My initial curiosity came from practice when my job was to keep a people perspective while the organization kep...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bruskin, Signe (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Subjects:
Organizational change.
Changement organisationnel.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS.
Organizational Development.
Industrial & Organizational Psychology.
PSYCHOLOGY.
Sociology & anthropology.
Society.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Part I A Process Perspective on Organizational Change
  • 1 Introduction
  • What transformation?
  • The dominant change discourse
  • A process philosophical change discourse
  • In pursuit of organizational change
  • An employee view
  • Reading of the book
  • The structure of the book
  • 2 Process Philosophy
  • Origins of process philosophy
  • Philosophy of becoming
  • The basic assumptions of process philosophy
  • A definition of organizational change
  • Summary of chapter
  • Reflection exercise: Ever-changing changes
  • 3 The Experience of Fluid Changes
  • The temporal dimension
  • The experience of changes in time
  • Reinterpretation of changes
  • The spatial dimension
  • Hierarchical differences in experiences
  • Horizontal differences in experiences
  • Drifting changes
  • Summary of chapter
  • Dialogue tool: Employees' experience of what matters
  • Part II Types of Micro Changes
  • 4 Everyday Changes
  • Employees' well-being
  • From strategic changes to everyday changes
  • The concept of micro actions
  • Summary of chapter
  • Reflection exercise: I care about everyday life
  • 5 Physical Changes
  • Reflection of strategic changes
  • Handling physical changes
  • New ways of working
  • Summary of chapter
  • Dialogue tool: Pros and cons
  • 6 Routine Changes
  • Changed routines
  • Drifting changes
  • We're all change agents
  • Summary of chapter
  • Reflection exercise: Ever-changing routines
  • 7 Relational Changes
  • Changed relations
  • The invisible bonds
  • Experimenting with relational changes
  • Summary of chapter
  • Dialogue tool: A relational coaching approach
  • 8 Identity Changes
  • The professional identity
  • From strategic to individual change
  • What's in it for me?