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| Author: | Laughlin, R. C. |
| Title: | Environmental disturbances and organizational transitions and transformations: some alternative models. |
| Journal: | Organization Studies
1991 : VOL. 12:2, p. 209-232 |
| Index terms: | ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE MODELS ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Organizational change can only be understood by tracing the process, track a disturbance /kick/ jolt takes through an organization. Its dominant concern is to build alternative processual models of transitions and transformations which occur following different environmental disturbances. Four models of organizational change are developed - "rebuttal", "reorientation", "colonization" and "evolution" - derived from the literature and using some aspects of Habermas' critical theory. In order to amplify these models, lessons of two case studies are presented which illustrate respectively "reorientation" and "colonization" pathways. Pointers to future research are given in the conclusion. |
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