STRATEGIC RENEWAL AND THE INTERACTION OF CUMULATIVE STRESS AND INERTIA

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: HUFF, JO; HUFF, AS; THOMAS, H
• 署名单位: University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Boulder; University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• 刊物名称: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0143-2095
• DOI: 10.1002/smj.4250131006
• 发表日期: 1992
• 页码: 55-75
• 关键词: stress; inertia; renewal; STRATEGIC CHANGE; INCREMENTALISM

摘要

Strategic renewal is accomplished in large and small ways. This paper proposes a four phase characterization of how organizations move between state sustaining renewal and the more radical reconceptualizations that significantly alter organization activity. The argument juxtaposes inertia (or commitment to current strategy) and stress, the dissatisfactions that signal the need for renewal. To explore the details of this interaction, and its implications for the evolution of strategy over time, a formal model is developed. Quite plausible organization paths of renewal are simulated via the model which help illustrate our main theoretic arguments.