cover image Creating Strategic Change: Designing the Flexible, High-Performing Organization

Creating Strategic Change: Designing the Flexible, High-Performing Organization

William A. Pasmore. John Wiley & Sons, $49.95 (304pp) ISBN 978-0-471-59729-2

The author, a business consultant and professor at Case Western Reserve, writes about two pivotal issues: change and its impact on leadership. He argues that managers must ``think systemically about change rather than trying to solve one problem at a time.'' His keyword for those trying to manage in today's environment of constant change is flexibility. Although Pasmore's coverage of managerial theories is useful, the book's strength rests on its treatment of technology as it relates to running a successful organization. This solid study, which features case histories from the author's consulting work with large corporations such as Procter & Gamble, Goodyear and General Foods, deepens our understanding of the importance of people in an evolving business environment. (May)