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Volume 38, Issue 5
1 June 2000
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Case Report| June 01 2000

Interpreting corporate transformation through failure Available to Purchase

Marie L. Thorne
Marie L. Thorne
University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6070
Print ISSN: 0025-1747
© MCB UP Limited
2000
Management Decision (2000) 38 (5): 305–314.
https://doi.org/10.1108/00251740010340481

Defines and evaluates transformation, and examines why transformation efforts can fail. Provides a case study, describing the context, strategy and change processes. Finally, identifies what lessons can be learned from working with failure.

Keywords:
Company failures, Organizational change, Management development, Construction industry
© MCB UP Limited
2000
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