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An Organisational Framework for Managing Change

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The product or service provided by an organisation can be described as its task. The nature and form which it’s product operations takes, however, is dictated and influenced by the way individuals and departments contribute to the task or purpose of that organisation.

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Brooks, E. (1980). An Organisational Framework for Managing Change. In: Organizational Change. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16346-5_3

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