Organizational Strategy & Technological
Adaptation to Global Change

Edited by Frank McDonald and Richard Thorpe
June 1998
Macmillan UK
ISBN: 0333713966
296 pages
$140.00 hardcover


Confronting the wide range of factors that management face in relation to global changes, this volume focuses on the implication of these changes for organizations.

By presenting its case using a variety of analytical tools ranging from formal game theoretical systems to inductive models based on case studies,this volume concentrates on three main areas: the implications of global change on the competitive environment for employment and working practices; the influence of the international business environment in decision-making; and the importance of cultural and institutional diversity.

Through its comprehensive approach this book will stimulate business managers, academics and students to clarify, develop and extend the many complex scenarios that are integral to the debate on how business organizations can benefit from the challenges produced by global change.

Contents:
Introduction
SECTION 1: AN OVERVIEW OF KEY ISSUES IN GLOBAL CHANGE
An Industrialist's View of Global Change; B. Reid
The Changing Business Scene in Pacific Asia; G. Redding
The Changing Business Scene in Central and Eastern Europe; L. Hethy
SECTION 2: STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS OF GLOBAL CHANGE
Dinosaurs versus Dragons: Should Strategic Management Theory Redirect its Focus to the East?; D.F. Channon
Global Strategy and Repeated Games; R. Matthews
Winners and Losers in the West: Ranking by Adjustment Capacity; R. Brown
Restructuring Strategies: Global Pressures, Local Responses; I. Taplin & J. Winterton
SECTION 3: TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND GLOBAL CHANGE
Setting Standards: Strategies for Building Global Business Systems; R. Kaye & S. Little
The Appropriate Policies for a Successful International Technology Transfer to Less Developed Countries; R. Salami & L.P. Reavill
Technological Change: the Impact of Different Cultures, Institutional Frameworks and Organizational Imperatives; R.L. Ritchie, L. Zhuang, R. Hudson-Davies & W. Williams
SECTION 4: IMPLICATIONS FOR ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE
Privatization, Shareholding and Efficiency Arguments; A. Kuznetsov & O. Kuznetsov
Enhancing Global Learning and Change in Multicultural Organizations through Valuing Diversity in Project Teams; P. Iles & P. Hayers
Patterns of Change: How People in an East German Organization are Coping with the Transformation Process; T. Steger
Aspects of the Transition to the Market Economy in the Czech Republic and Hungary; T. Lupton, G. Kauscek, E. Hrabitova & R. Thorpe

Author Biographies:
FRANK MCDONALD is Head of the International Business Unit at Manchester Metropolitan University. He holds a Jean Monnet award to investigate the impact of EU integration on business activities. His research interests include the impact of economic integration on business strategies and operations, and assessing the importance of the development of industrial clusters in the internationalization process

RICHARD THORPE is Professor in Management at Manchester Metropolitan University. For the last six years he has been working with colleagues in Central and Eastern Europe on various management development projects. He has published in the areas of motivation and reward, management learning and change and management research

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