This new edition of Managing Change in Organisations by Colin Carnall offers a thorough, practical overview of how to achieve effective organisations. It is ideal for advanced undergraduates, postgraduate and MBA students on courses in managing change and organisational change. A strategic approach is taken throughout, outlining guidance and techniques for planning, implementing and reviewing and taking advantage of major organizational changes. 1. Strategic Change: Intellectual Task or Magic Touch? 2. The Transformation Perspective 3. The Strategic Management of Breakthrough Change 4. Management Structures and Management in Action 5. Organizations in the Twenty-First Century 6. Sustaining Organizational Effectiveness 7. Managing Complexity 8. Leadership in Practice 9. The Learning Organization 10. Strategies for Change 11. Diagnosing Change 12. Managing Major Changes 13. Change Architecture 14. Learning from Change 15. A Strategy for Effectiveness 16. Strategies for Corporate Transformation