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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480005103321

Autore

Donaldson Lex

Titolo

Performance-driven organizational change [[electronic resource] ] : the organizational portfolio / / Lex Donaldson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c1999

ISBN

0-7619-0354-2

1-4522-3804-9

1-322-41244-8

1-4522-2142-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Disciplina

658.406

Soggetti

Organizational change

Organizational effectiveness

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-224) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 - Organizational Portfolio Theory; Chapter 2 - Performance-Driven Organizational Change; Chapter 3 - The Business Cycle and Organizational Change; Chapter 4 - Competition and Organizational Change; Chapter 5 - Adaptation Confounds; Chapter 6 - The Corporation and Risk; Chapter 7 - Risk and Corporate Governance; Chapter 8 - Divisional Performance and Change; Chapter 9 - Divisional Risk; Chapter 10 - Conclusions; References; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Donaldson reconceptualises the organisation as a portfolio with a number of different causes of performance, which vary over time. Without a performance crisis it is likely that needed organisational changes will not be forthcoming.