Organizational Change in Intrusive and Non-intrusive Environments. (2nd January 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Brunsson, Karin
• Is Part Of: Journal of organisational transformation & social change. Volume 13:Number 1(2016)
• Page Start: 26
• Page End: 42
• Publication Date: 2016-01-02
• Subjects: internal and external environments -- intrusive environment -- management fashions -- process organization -- social construction; Organizational change -- Periodicals; Social change -- Periodicals; 303.4
• DOI: 10.1080/14779633.2016.1148888
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1477-9633

Abstract

Abstract : This article discusses the importance of environments for managers' successful introduction of a new management technique. Two empirical examples illustrate the interrelatedness of external and internal environments and its consequences for the propensity of organizations to accept and implement managerial propositions. It is suggested that an intrusive external environment, which clearly relates to generally accepted facts, facilitates managerial action and makes organizations change prone. Mangers, who seek to forestall future environmental problems, in contrast, seem likely to meet with a hostile and conservative internal environment. In both instances managers depend on the social construction of the external environment of their organizations.