CHOICE, CHANCE, AND UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES IN STRATEGIC CHANGE: A PROCESS UNDERSTANDING OF THE RISE AND FALL OF NORTHCO AUTOMOTIVE

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: MacKay, R. Bradley; Chia, Robert
• 署名单位: University of Edinburgh; University of Glasgow
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/amj.2010.0734
• 发表日期: 2013
• 页码: 208-230
• 关键词: ORGANIZATIONAL ADAPTATION; UNANTICIPATED CONSEQUENCES; POPULATION ECOLOGY; CHAOS THEORY; TRANSFORMATION; DYNAMICS; PERSPECTIVES; exploration; environment; CHALLENGES

摘要

Strategic change is frequently viewed as emanating from the purposeful choices of organizational actors intent on achieving a prespecified goal against a backdrop of existing environmental forces. Conversely, population ecology advocates maintain that change is a consequence of species populations being subjected to environmental selection. Either way, change is deemed epiphenomenal to social entities (i.e., actors, organizations, environments, etc.); change processes involve the doings of/to things. This reflects an owned view of change processes. We present a detailed empirical study of an automotive company's efforts to adapt to relentless change. We argue that an unowned view of process that elevates chance, environmental uncertainty, and the unintended consequences of choice in accounting for strategic change is a more processual way of understanding the eventual demise of NorthCo Automotive.