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From “less landfilling” to “wasting less”
Corvellec, Hervé; Hultman, Johan - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 25 (2012) 2, pp. 297-314
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show that organizational change depends on societal narratives – narratives about the character, history, or envisioned future of societies. Design/methodology/approach – A case study of a Swedish municipal waste management company serves as an...
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Organizational change as practice: a critical analysis
Jansson, Noora - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 26 (2013) 6, pp. 1003-1019
in order to understand how organizational change as practice is conditioned by mundane assumptions. Design … practice theory approach in which human behavior and social context are intertwined. Hence, the analysis of this theoretical … and message of this research is that organizational change in practice is a manifestation of particularity. The conclusion …
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Discourse phronesis in organizational change: a narrative analysis
Jansson, Noora - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 27 (2014) 5, pp. 769-779
. Design/methodology/approach – This research scrutinizes organizational change by combining discourse and practice approaches …
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Operationalizing the postmodernity construct for efficient organizational change management
White, Robert F.; Jacques, Roy - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 8 (1995) 2, pp. 45-71
modernist and postmodernist theories of post‐industrialism, argues that postmodern transformations of work and society throw the …
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Do Organizations Have Feelings?
Addleson, Mark - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 12 (1999) 2, pp. 219-222
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Reconciling institutional theory with organizational theories
de la luz Fernández‐Alles, María; Valle‐Cabrera, … - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 19 (2006) 4, pp. 503-517
Purpose – The aim of the paper is to review and compare traditional and new institutional postulates in order to address some of the criticism that this theory has received. Design/methodology/approach – Throughout this paper, five interesting paradoxes are presented in management contexts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014891029
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Empowerment, Culture, and Postmodern Organizing: Deconstructing the Nordstrom Employee Handbook
Goodall, H.L. - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 5 (1992) 2, pp. 25-30
Offers a deconstructive reading of the Nordstrom Employee Handbook . The purpose of the reading is to demonstrate how this document serves as a representational sign of postmodern ideas about power and organizing capable of encouraging responsible, highly individualized, organizational cultural...
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Bureaucratic Discourse and the Goddess: Towards an Ecofeminist Critique and Rearticulation
Bullis, Connie; Glaser, Hollis - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 5 (1992) 2, pp. 50-60
Describes and positions ecofeminism as a critical voice in postmodern organizational theory. Ecofeminism, because of its connections with spirituality, feminism, and ecology, provides an alternative critique of modernist organizational discourse. Specifically, positions ecofeminism as an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014891407
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Understanding the management of change
Siegal, Wes; Church, Allan H.; Javitch, Miriam; … - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 9 (1996) 6, pp. 54-80
Reviews important contemporary theoretical approaches to the understanding and management of change in organizations, and then proposes an alternative framework for integrating the major themes encountered in organizational change management. Reports on results from an assessment instrument...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014891527
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A postmodern spiritual future for work
Biberman, Jerry; Whitty, Michael - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 10 (1997) 2, pp. 130-138
Contends that predictions of the end of work as we know it, and a bleak jobless future, as we head into the twenty‐first century, derive from a modernist paradigm of work ‐ a paradigm that has been the prevailing paradigm for the past 100 years. Seeks to provide a more hopeful and humane...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014891536