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Macau Periodical Index (澳門期刊論文索引)
- Author
- Li, Xi; Chen, You-Hua; Peng, Bi-Yu
- Title
- Are organizations always benefit from change: a perspective of structural inertia
- Journal Name
- 澳門科技大學學報
- Pub. Info
- Jun. 2014, Vol.8, No.1, pp. 56-66
- Link
- http://lib.must.edu.mo/sites/default/files/assets/images/Duu/must_journal_201401.pdf
- Keyword
- Organizational ecology；Structural inertial；Organizational change；Organizational survival
- Abstract
- Abstract : Traditional strategic management theories such as adaptation theory emphasize that there are significantly positive connections with successful change and organizational survival as well as development. The goals of this study were to discuss whether organizations always gain benefit from change, identify what major factors organizations should take into account if they need change, and clarify what are the relationships between organizational change and survival. Based on the perspective of structural inertia which lays a core role of organizaitonal ecology, we illustrated that organizations could not change rapidly relative to benefit process for that change was harmful to internal routine. We also highlighted the interaction of structural inertia and innovation ability on organizational change. Furthermore, we employed the dual mechanism to indicate why organizational survival was influenced by change. Finally, organizational change theory from traditional perspective was compared to the developed theory in this study. Paragraph Headings: 1. Introduction 2. Interaction of structural inertia and innovation ability on organizational change 2.1. Low structural inertia and low innovation ability 2.2. Low structural inertia and high innovation ability 2.3. High structural inertia and low innovation ability 2.4. Hihg structural inertia and high innovation ability 3. Dual effects of organizational change on organizational survival 3.1. Negative effect of organizational change on organizational survival 3.2. Positive effect of organizational change on organizational survival 4. Conclusion: comparative analysis 4.1. Motivation of organizational change 4.2. Choice of organizational change 4.3. Meaningfulness of organizational change Figures: 1. Interaction of structural inertia and organizational innovation ability on the choice of organizational change strategy 2. Organizational change theory framework based on structural inertia perspective