...Sjoerd Beugelsdijk; Arjen Slangen; Marco van Herpen This paper is based on the punctuated equilibrium model of organizational change. We argue that there are multiple ways in which organizational change takes place. More in particular, by looking at the interaction between the two types...

... competence seek to synthesize effective management theory and quality of service delivery within a procedural framework which interrelates unsublimated needs satisfaction, management practice and agency mission. An organizational competency model constructed through the use of critical theory offers greater...

... of political feasibility given the most prominent attention. SODA is clearly about qualitative issues rather than quantitative. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Operational research Knowledge‐based systems Facilitators Models The management of change has long been recognised to vary...

... primary perspectives on organizational learning present strikingly different depictions of the relationship between action and learning: systems‐structural models based on positivist epistemological assumptions emphasize internally‐directed information collection and distribution activities aimed...

...Larry R. Smeltzer; Marie F. Zener Presents a model for announcing major, negatively perceived,top‐down changes such as layoffs and reorganizations was developed based on the extant literature. The appropriateness of the model was then tested by analysing 15 cases in which a major change...

...” is that of “differentiation”. Proposes that modernist tendencies are towards the increase of differentiation, postmodern towards the increase of de‐differentiation– the throwing into reverse of the tendency towards differentiation. Considers contrasting models of what a postmodern,de‐differentiated future might look like...

...Robert P. Gephart, Jr A conceptual framework or model of the sensemaking practices,cultural objects and “programmatically constructed entities”used to produce meaningful stories of succession and organisational change are presented. The framework is elaborated and tested through an expansion...

... that fundamental changes must be made in the ways in which careers are structured and managed in organisations, resulting in balancing productivity and morale against the distribution of money, power and prestige. © MCB UP Limited 1990 Demographics Baby boomers Careers Models USA Organizational...

...Craig C. Lundberg Two related issues are offered. One discusses and outlines a focused model from the point of view of the practitioner, i.e. a “manager′s model”. Secondly, the model′s focus is concerned with how a manager can go about initiating a “change project”, i.e. it describes the process...

... (positive and negative) with individual differences. A Contingency Model of Feedback is proposed. This model integrates previous theory and research. It has implications which would allow service sector managers to select the most appropriate feedback type for each employee. © MCB UP Limited 1990...