ANATOMY OF CHANGE: A Neo-Institutionalist Perspective - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 8763002043 ISBN 13: 9788763002042

Publisher: SAMFUNDSLITTERATURE PRESS, 2008

Synopsis

Globalisation, the new economy, and the IT revolution are some of the words used when researchers as well as practitioners try to explain the seemingly ever-increasing speed of change in contemporary society. Whatever the label, organisations today are facing change in a host of different ways. Sometimes they act as "change-takers", forced to adapt to changes and innovations coming from the outside. At other times they are "change-makers", who foster innovation and change, giving them a competitive advantage or a heightened legitimacy. Sometimes they force others to adapt to these changes. The analyses presented in this volume provide ample evidence of how the perspective of new institutionalism can help in understanding the anatomy of change, and how some actors avoid complete stasis through utilising small openings instead of breaking down the whole wall.

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Connecting new-institutionalist theory to organizational change is a challenge not many new-institutionalists have taken on. This book will bring welcome dynamism to new-institutionalist theory and many useful insights to practitioners. Mary Jo Hatch, Professor Emerita, University of Virginia, United States --Professor Emerita Mary Jo Hatch

This thoughtful and well-researched book provides highly valuable insights into the big questions about organizational change. But even more impressive is that it is a book that provides a stunning eclectic reinterpretation of the new institutionalism in organization theory. Kjell Arne Røvik, Professor, University of Tromsø, Norway --Professor Kjell Arne Røvik

New institutionalism in organization theory is not so new anymore but it is certainly alive and kicking. This volume takes stock of its recent development and vividly demonstrates its continuous conceptual and theoretical progress. The book has its primary strength in its application of institutional theory in empirical studies of change in organizations, such as innovation in public libraries, new ideas and institutional change in healthcare organizations, changes of industrial relations, the emergence of socially responsible investment, and reform of the Common Agricultural Policy of the EU. The contributions clearly show the interpretative vitality and explanatory power of institutionalism as well as its direct organizational and political relevance. Klaus Nielsen, Professor, Birkbeck College, University of London, United Kingdom --Professor Klaus Nielsen

About this edition

• Publisher: SAMFUNDSLITTERATURE PRESS
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 8763002043
• ISBN 13: 9788763002042
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1
• Editor: Steen Scheuer, John Scheuer