Understanding radical organizational change: bringing together the old and the new institutionalism
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The complexity of political, regulatory, and technological changes confronting most organizations has made radical organizational change and adaptation a central research issue. This article sets out a framework for understanding organizational changes from the perspective of neo-institutional theory. The principal theoretical issue addressed in the article is the interaction of organizational context and organizational action. The article examines the processes by which individual organizations retain, adopt, and discard templates for organizing, given the institutionalized nature of organizational fields. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Academy of Management Review
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0363-7425
Year: 1996
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"P2-form" strategic management: corporate practice in professional partnerships
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Strategic management in complex organizations involves understanding the appropriate relationship between a corporate center and its principal business units. The reported study examined the relationships in an unusual form of organization, large professional partnerships. Because the distinctive characteristics of such organizations limit the relevance of presently available models, we present a more appropriate alternative called the P(power of 2)-form. Using a blend of qualitative and quantitative methodologies and data from large accounting firms, we illustrate properties of the new model. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Academy of Management Journal
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0001-4273
Year: 1990
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The pace, sequence and linearity of radical change
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Coincident data collected over 12 years demonstrated that wide-scale rapid change was not a determining factor towards the outcome. Analysis conducted at the sub-organization level not only revealed the process of change in a nonlinear manner but also confirmed that an early change to specific "high impact" elements was essential for effecting radical transitions.
Publication Name: Academy of Management Journal
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0001-4273
Year: 2004
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