Managing Change, Creativity and Innovation

Patrick Dawson is Emeritus Professor at the University of Aberdeen. He holds a PhD in Industrial Sociology from the University of Southampton and during his early career, worked at the University of Surrey and the University of Edinburgh.Constantine Andriopoulos is Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Associate Dean for MBA Programmes at Bayes Business School (formerly known as Cass), City, University of London. He holds a PhD in Marketing from the University of Strathclyde and has previously worked at the University of Strathclyde, the University of Aberdeen, Brunel University and Cardiff University.

• PART ONE Setting the Scene: The Changing Landscape of Business OrganizationsChapter One IntroductionChapter Two The Process of Change, Creativity and InnovationChapter Three A Brief History of Management Thought in the Development of Concepts, Theories and Business PracticePART TWO Change and Innovation in OrganizationsChapter Four Classifying Theories of Organizational ChangeChapter Five Change Management Practice: Choices, Lessons Learned and Key ConsiderationsChapter Six Human Dimensions: Readiness, Communication, Sensemaking and CultureChapter Seven People and Change: Power, Politics, Resistance, Time and TemporalityChapter Eight Conventional Frameworks: Planning, Diagnostics and SequenceChapter Nine Interpretative Frameworks, Dialogical OD, the Learning Organization and Appreciative InquiryChapter Ten The Processual Turn: Politics, Context and TimePART THREE Creativity, Innovation and Change in OrganizationsChapter Eleven Creative Industries, Innovative Cities and Changing WorldsChapter Twelve The Individual: Promoting Critical ThinkingChapter Thirteen The Group: Nurturing TeamworkChapter Fourteen The Contextual Environment: Structure, Systems, Resources and CultureChapter Fifteen The Leader: Promoting New Ideas at WorkChapter Sixteen Conclusion