`Very insightful ... It should be very helpful to anyone who has to deal with the process of organizational change.'Paul E. Lego, Chair and CEO, Westinghouse Electric Corporation

• Introduction 1: Thomas A. Kochan and Michael Useem: Achieving Systemic Organizational Change I. Strategic restructuring 2: Ronald Dore: Japan's Version of Managerial Capitalism 3: Richard M. Locke: The Political Embeddedness of Industrial Change: Corporate Restructuring and Local Politics in Contemporary Italy 4: Michael Useem: Corporate Restructuring and Organizational Behavior 5: Paul M. Healy: The Effect of Changes in Corporate Control on Firm Performance 6: Edgar H. Schein: The Role of the CEO in the Management of Change: The Case of Information Technology 7: John C. Henderson and N. Venkatraman: Strategic Alignment: A Model for Organizational Transformation Through Information Technology 8: Rebecca M. Henderson: Technological Change and the Management of Architectural Knowledge II. Using human resources for strategic advantage 9: Lisa M. Lynch: Using Human Resources in Skill Formation: The Role of Training 10: Deborah Gladstein Ancona and David E. Caldwell: Cross-Functional Teams: Blessing or Curse for New Product Development? 11: Thomas A. Kochan and Robert B. McKersie: Human Resources, Organizational Governance, and Public Policy: Lessons from a Decade of Experimentation 12: Lotte Bailyn: Changing the Conditions of Work: Responding to Increasing Work Force Diversity and New Family Patterns III. Using technology for strategic advantage 13: John Paul MacDuffie and John F. Krafcik: Integrating Technology and Human Resources for High-Performance Manufacturing: Evidence from the International Auto Industry 14: Marcie J. Tyre: Managing the Introduction of New Process Technology: An International Comparison 15: D. Eleanor Westney: Organizational Change and the Internationalization of R&D 16: Michael S. Scott Morton: The Effects of Information Technology on Management and Organizations 17: Robert J. Thomas: Organizational Change and Decision Making About New Technology IV. Redesigning organizational structures and boundaries 18: Michael J. Piore: Work, Labor, and Action: Work Experience in a System of Flexible Production 19: Stephan Schrader: Informal Information Trading Between Firms 20: Edward B. Roberts: Strategic Alternatives for Technology-Based Product and Business Development 21: Peter M. Senge and John D. Sterman: Systems Thinking and Organizational Learning: Acting Locally and Thinking Globally in the Organization of the Future V. Leadership and change: the practitioners' perspective 22: Raymond Stata: A CEO's Perspective 23: Donald Ephlin: A Labor Leader's Perspective Conclusion 24: Michael Useem and Thomas A. Kochan: Creating the Learning Organization Contributors and Participants Index