EXPLAINING DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE IN ORGANIZATIONS

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: VANDEVEN, AH; POOLE, MS
• 署名单位: University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities; Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0363-7425
• DOI: 10.2307/258786
• 发表日期: 1995
• 页码: 510-540
• 关键词: DECISION DEVELOPMENT; PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM; EVOLUTION; MODEL; PERSPECTIVES; INNOVATION; population; ecology

摘要

This article introduces four basic theories that may serve as building blocks for explaining processes of change in organizations: life cycle, teleology, dialectics, and evolution. These four theories represent different sequences of change events that are driven by different conceptual motors and operate at different organizational levels. This article identifies the circumstances when each theory applies and proposes how interplay among the theories produces a wide variety of more complex theories of change and development in organizational life.