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This book brings together distinguished writers from diverse fields and their specialised perspectives on new ideas and the challenges they pose to the hegemony of neo-classical scientific management. It explores various possibilities for the future development of the understanding of management and organisation in the context of new economic conditions taking shape in both the east and the west. The focus on these makes this volume topical. It provides today's managers with alternatives to conventional approaches to management that are now facing a credibility crunch.

Managing in Changing Times: A Guide for the Perplexed Manager shows the manager that there are no easy, quick fix, off the shelf solutions to complex problems. Solutions require thinking and action with multiple perspectives and require considerable effort to master. This imparts the book a global appeal as it speaks to every manager. The initial chapters present the ideas of Schumacher and Capra which, the author shows, could be used as catalysts to evolve a post scientific global management era.

The book will be a handy reference material for students of management, managers and management pundits.

Contents: Preface by Sid Lowe. Notes on the editor and contributors. I. Perplexity, management and organisation theory: 1. Schumacher's hierarchy/Sid Lowe. 2. Capra's kite/Sid Lowe. 3. Perplexity, process and practice/Kathryn Pavlovich and Robert Chia. 4. Perplexity: preparing for the happenings of change/John Shotter. 5. Perplexity, ecology and technology/Richard Ennals. 6. Perplexity and ethics/Ian Steers. 7. Perplexing images: relational identities in cultural tempospaces/Slawomir Jan Magala. 8. Perplexity and strategy: moving towards an enrolment advantage paradigm/Jonathan Gander. II. Perplexities in selective international contexts: 9. Perplexity and indigenous leadership/Karl Erik Sveiby. 10. Perplexity, management and business in India/Balakrishnan Muniapan. 11. Perplexity in Southeast Asia: de-perplexing the Expat/Astrid Kainzbauer. 12. Perplexity and Oikomorphosis: managing transformation/Ronnie Lesem, Alexander Schieffer and Sudhanshu Palsule. Epilogue by Sid Lowe. Index.