Why Organizational Change Fails: Robustness, Tenacity, and Change in Organizations

ISBN-13: 9780415886192 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 200 str.

Jaap Van' T. Hek; Leike Van Oss

Opis

Why Organizational Change Fails aims to make change managers and OD consultants sensitive to signals of the robust part of an organization, helping them to see something different than they usually see: signs of change. The authors distinguish two aspects of stability in organisations: robustness and tenacity. Robustness is the ability of organisations to remain stable under changing conditions. Tenacity is the reaction of a robust system to planned change. Each of these aspects has its own unique qualities and value within organizations. In the book, the authors describe three aspects of robustness: social, cognitive and political. They also describe healthy and unhealthy forms. Tenacity is described in three patterns: bouncing back, smothering and calculating.

Spis treści

Part I: Robustness  1. Robustness  2. Routines: The Social Aspect of Robustness. Introduction by Prof. Christien Brinkgreve: On the Tenacity of Sexual Differences  3. The Learned Organization: The Cognitive Aspect of Robustness. Introduction by Prof. Theo Mulder: On Human Motor Control in a Constantly Changing Environment  4. Power: The Political Aspect of Robustness. Introduction by Prof. Jan van Hooff: Power and Stability in the Social Organization of Animals  5. Pathological Forms of Robustness. Introduction by Dr Piet Boonekamp: A Chance Meeting Between Phytophthora and the Potato?  Part II: Tenacity  6. The Tenacity of Organizations  7. Springing Back. Introduction by Prof. Louise Vet: Change for the Sake of Not Having To Change: A Metaphor from the Field of Ecology  8. Smothering Change. Introduction by Prof. Hans Bennis: On the (Un) Changeability of Language  9. Calculating. Introduction by Saskia van Dockum: Inertia and Change: Lessons from Archaeology  Part III: Perspectives  10. The Blind Spot. Introduction by René Gude: Changes with Lasting Consequences: The Philosophy of Unchangeability  11. Lessons for Change  Introduction by Frank Bijdendijk: The Yin and Yang of Our Built Environment  In Conclusion

O autorze

Jaap van ‘t Hek owns and is the management consultant and interim manager of Organisatievragen . He works as a director in governments and non profit organizations, and is also a teacher, trainer and coach for young professionals at Sioo.

Leike van Oss formed Organisatievragen together with Jaap van ‘t Hek and has worked as an organizational consultant, interim manager and coach. Leike works with knowledge-intensive organizations, as well as national and local government organizations.