VDM Verlag Change Theory and the Principles of Social Systems: Visionary Leadership as a Force for Organization Values

Shorttitle An in depth analysis and critiques of current trends associated with organizational change and distinctions between leadership and management. Leadership is highlighted as a force for new values; a stabilizing component for organizational culture; and a creative force for mastering a successful, organizational, restructuring process.Particular elements of organizational systems undergo in depth analysis. These elements include intra-organizational culture, leadership, shared empowerment, the restructuring of change in a global paradigm, organizational redesign, and the integration of ancient and contemporary approaches to governance. The book synthesizes Weber's principles of bureaucracy with key perspectives from the annotated bibliography.