Managing Change in Extreme Contexts

David Denyer is Professor of Organizational Change at Cranfield University, UKColin Pilbeam is Senior Research Fellow in Organization Studies at Cranfield University, UK

• Part I: The Context 1. What’s the Problem? Part II: Incident Analyses 2. Fatal Failures to Change?: The Case of Haringey Social Care 3. Mayland, Torrens and Mitcham 4. Fire and Rescue Services 5. Emergency Service Arrangements in the Aftermath of the 2009 Victorian Bushfires 6. How a Changing Virus Changed a Hospital Change Agenda Part III: Addressing the Problems 7. Who to Blame: Losing Sight of the Big Picture 8. The Successful Management of a Clostridium Difficile Outbreak 9. Rebuilding a Nuclear Reprocessing Site after a Serious Spillage 10. Instilling a Culture of Mindfulness Part IV: Solutions 11. Safety in High Security Mental Health 12. Management Development for Post-Crisis Processes 13. Approaches to Post-Crisis Change Appendix I: The Literatures of Change and Crisis Management Appendix II: Research Methods for Studying Extreme Events

‘The field of Organizational Change needs a book dedicated to the nature of change in extreme events. I welcome this book as a great contribution in advancing our understanding of the nature of such changes in a range of contexts, especially as it draws attention to the modes of learning crisis which invites all those involved to engage in.’ - Elena P. Antonacopoulou, Professor, GNOSIS, University of Liverpool Management School, UK‘Denyer, Pilbeam and contributors have used a set of diverse and affecting cases to give researchers and practitioners a common event sequence that are a powerful set of tools for understanding and undoing the mess of change in extreme contexts.’ - Timothy J. Vogus, Associate Professor of Management, Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management, USA'This book focuses on an often forgotten phase of emergency management. I am pleased to see this gap being filled.' - Caroline McMullan, Director of MSc Emergency Management, Dublin City University, Ireland