Transformative Organizations: A Global Perspective

A transformative organization is one that focuses on the enrichment and development of the values of modern corporations that can be shared with people around the world for dealing with specific situations and challenges. This interesting book offers powerful new insights to entrepreneurial leaders on how they can approach the problem of change and transformation, which is a fundamental management challenge today. With its rich diversity of perspectives offered by 44 contributors drawn from around the world and with valuable inputs from the GLOBE India investigator network, this is a comprehensive volume on the transformational organization and change management in the Asian and trans-Asian context. With relevant case studies supporting the conceptual discussion, this formidable collection of 27 original articles broadly explains and highlights: The nature and meaning of organizations in different regions of the world. How dynamic leaders can and do bring meaningful value to the world by creating and transforming organizations. How such organizational transformations may be sustained to offer unique value in the context of both emerging and industrialized market. Transformative initiatives across the private and public sectors, small-scale and multinational enterprises. Overall, the contributors suggest that it is time to move on and embrace the emergent, dynamic world reality that organizations currently exist in to gain true competitive advantage. Finally, the book presents a dynamic model for pursuing a transformative organization, based on the identification and development of opportunities for cross-cultural exchange. It also shows how such an organization generates value by offering services that enrich the productive and participative cultures of both its local and global community groups. It will be of great interest to scholars, students, and practitioners of organizational theory, international management, cross-cultural management, comparative management and strategic management.