Synopses & Reviews
This extremely successful book, already in use on courses in hardback, is now being made available in paperback. Based on a major in-depth study of four UK industry sectors, the book provides an authoritative and searching analysis of how UK companies manage strategic change and how it effects their competitive performance.
Review
"A far reaching study."
Financial Times"A highly significant contribution to the strategy literature." Times Higher Education Supplement
About the Author
Andrew Pettigrew is Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Director of the Centre for Corporate Strategy and Change, University of Warwick, UK.
Richard Whipp is Professor of Human Resource Management at Cardiff Business School, UK.
Both authors have written widely on the management of strategic change.
Table of Contents
List of Figures.
Introduction.
1. Competitiveness and Managing Change.
2. A Changing Backcloth: New Rules and Relationships.
3. Understanding the Environment.
4. Leading Change.
5. Linking Strategic and Operational Change.
6. Human Resources as Assets and Liabilities.
7. Coherence.
8. Conclusion.
References.
Index.