Organizational Change in Post-Communist Europe

Organizational Change in Post-Communist Europe
Author: Ed Clark
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2005-07-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 113463031X

This book provides a unique and detailed examination of the complex processes of transformation in former state-owned enterprises in the Czech Republic. Drawing on in-depth case studies of organizational transformation, the authors adopt a social-institutionalist approach to the study of organizational change, applying it in order to develop an explanation of organizational restructuring and management redefinition during the early transition period of 1990-1996. In particular, they highlight how these processes have been shaped by continuing historical state-socialist legacies and the powerful role played by senior managers in their efforts to fashion the new privatized organizations in their own interests.

Party Development and Democratic Change in Post-communist Europe

Party Development and Democratic Change in Post-communist Europe
Author: Paul G. Lewis
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2024-01-26
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1135278180

This work surveys processes of party development in the context of the ten years of democratic change in post-communist eastern Europe. It examines the capacity of the former ruling parties to attract contemporary voters and their role in contributing to the consolidation of the new democratic regimes.

Gendering Family Policies in Post-Communist Europe

Gendering Family Policies in Post-Communist Europe
Author: S. Saxonberg
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2014-06-24
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1137319399

Through the use of a historical-institutional perspective and with particular reference to the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia; this study explores the state of family policies in Post-Communist Europe. It analyzes how these policies have developed and examines their impact on gender relations for the countries mentioned.

The Change Monster

The Change Monster
Author: Jeanie Daniel Duck
Publisher: Crown Currency
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2002-08-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0609808818

A Powerful Look at Corporate Change and Why Mergers, Reorganizations, and Transformations Succeed or Fail “[One of the] best business books of 2001 . . . [a] useful and intelligent tool for coping with the inevitable metamorphoses of business (and life).” —Miami Herald “Provocative imagery . . . useful questions for managers to ask themselves.” —Harvard Business Review “The Change Monster not only talks intelligently about the social dynamics and emotions of people [in change efforts], it does so with wisdom, insight, and practicality.”—Daniel Leemon, executive vice president and chief strategy officer, Charles Schwab Corporation “A practitioner’s primer on revitalization that puts you in the shoes of some who have failed and others who have succeeded. In doing so, Jeanie Daniel Duck graphically delivers her main message to management: Learn to master the emotions and obsessions of those who stand in the way of change, including your own, and once you do, you have your hands on a miraculous engine for change.” —Michael Useem, professor of management and director of the Center for Leadership and Change at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and author of The Leadership Moment and Leading Up “Duck is an acute and empathetic observer of the changes erupting in the workplace from the convulsive nature of corporate evolution. . . . Jeanie Duck’s terrific book is a . . . useful and intelligent tool for coping with the inevitable metamorphoses of business (and life). Sensitive but tough, Duck’s compassionate wisdom is street smart without a trace of glibness.” —Miami Herald

Handbook of Organizational Change and Innovation

Handbook of Organizational Change and Innovation
Author: Marshall Scott Poole
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 780
Release: 2004-08-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0199881197

In a world of organizations that are in constant change scholars have long sought to understand and explain how they change. This book introduces research methods that are specifically designed to support the development and evaluation of organizational process theories. The authors are a group of highly regarded experts who have been doing collaborative research on change and development for many years.

Post-Communist Democracies and Party Organization

Post-Communist Democracies and Party Organization
Author: Margit Tavits
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2013-06-24
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1107276802

Scholars of post-communist politics often argue that parties in new democracies lack strong organizations - sizable membership, local presence, and professional management - because they do not need them to win elections and they may hinder a party's flexibility and efficiency in office. Post-Communist Democracies and Party Organization explains why some political parties are better able than others to establish themselves in new democracies and why some excel at staying unified in parliament, whereas others remain dominated by individuals. Focusing on the democratic transitions in post-communist Europe from 1990 to 2010, Margit Tavits demonstrates that the successful establishment of a political party in a new democracy crucially depends on the strength of its organization. Yet not all parties invest in organization development. This book uses data from ten post-communist democracies, including detailed analysis of parties in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, and Poland.

Trust and Democratic Transition in Post-communist Europe

Trust and Democratic Transition in Post-communist Europe
Author: Ivana Marková
Publisher:
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2004
Genre: Europe
ISBN: 9780191734922

A collection of essays concerned with theoretical and empirical analyses of trust and distrust in post-communist Europe which show that, while political and economic changes can have rapid effects, cultural and psychological changes may linger and influence political trust and representations of democracy.

Anatomy of Post-Communist European Defense Institutions

Anatomy of Post-Communist European Defense Institutions
Author: Thomas-Durell Young
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2017-06-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 1350012408

Although the West won the Cold War, the continuation of the status quo is not a foregone conclusion. The former Soviet-aligned regions outside of Russia -- Ukraine, Poland, Czech Republic, and others -- sit atop decaying armed forces while Russian behavior has grown more and more aggressive, as evidenced by its intervention in Ukraine in recent years. Thomas Young delves into the state of these defense institutions in Central and Eastern Europe, whose resources have declined at a faster rate than their Western neighbors' due to social and fiscal circumstances at home and shifting attitudes in the wider international community. With rigorous attention to the nuances of each region's politics and policies, he documents the status of reform of these armed forces and the role that Western nations have played since the Cold War, as well as identifying barriers to success and which management practices have been most effective in both Western and Eastern capitals. This is essential reading for undergraduates and graduates studying the recent history of Europe in the post-Soviet era, as well as those professionally involved in defense governance in the region.

Political Change in Post-Communist Slovakia and Croatia: From Nationalist to Europeanist

Political Change in Post-Communist Slovakia and Croatia: From Nationalist to Europeanist
Author: S. Fisher
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2015-12-11
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0230600883

Revealing how the quest for independence and challenges of democratization created a contest between nationalists and Europeanists, two powerful forces in domestic politics, after the collapse of communism, Fisher sheds light on the nationalism and post-communist transitions.