Making Sense of Modern Management, 2^nd Ed.

Managing Development and Change -- Unit 1

The Open University

Publisher: The Open University, 1997

ISBN: 0-7492-7929-X

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• Sesion 1 The Experience of Management — In Search of Identity: Contexts and Concerns
• 1.1 The Changing World of Modern Management
• 1.2 Managers and Organizations
• 1.3 Understanding the Wider Environment
• Session 2 Using Management Theories and Debates
• 2.1 Relating Theory and Practice
• 2.2 Empowerment versus Hierarchy?
• 2.3 Cultural Difference and the Management of Diversity
• 2.4 The Manager as Researcher?
• Session 3 The Environment of Managing Development and Change
• 3.1 Emotional Responses to Development and Change
• 3.2 External and Internal Forces for Development and Change
• 3.3 Approaches to Development and Change