| Title : | Facilitating Organization Change : lessons from Complexity Science |
| Material Type: | printed text |
| Authors: | Edwin E. Olson, Author ; Glenda H. Eoyang, Author |
| Publisher: | San Francisco : Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer |
| Publication Date: | 2001 |
| Series: | Practicing organization development series |
| Pagination: | xlvi, 191 p. |
| Size: | 24 cm |
| ISBN (or other code): | 978-0-7879-5330-0 |
| General note: | Includes bibliographical references (p.167-171)
Includes index (p.179-191) |
| Languages : | English (eng) Original Language : English (eng) |
| Descriptors: | Organizational change
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| Class number: | 658.406 |
| Abstract: | An Emerging Paradigm of Organization Change; Organization As Machine; Problem with Traditional Approaches; Alternatives to the Machine Model; Toward an Integrated Framework; From the Part to the Whole; From the Whole to the Part; Emergent Patterns Through Self-Organization; Conditions for Self-Organization; The Self-Organizing Process; No Condition Stands Alone; CAS and the Change Agent; Method; Self-Organizing Dynamics; Change Through Connections (Not Top-Down Control); Story : Hospital Merger; Entangled Connections; No Single Source of Change; Leadership and Influence in a CAS; Role of Formal Leader; Change Agent Role; Summary; Method : Feedback Analysis; Method : Leader As Change Agent; Adapt to Uncertainty (Not Predictable Stages of Development); Nonlinear Organization Change; Story : Unpredictability vs; Need for Control; Consulting to Uncertainty; No Sequence of Events; Speed of Adaptation; Change Agent Role; Method : Decision Making Under Conditions of Uncertainty; Emerging Goals, Plans, and Structures (Not Clear, Detailed Plans or Goals); Case : Knowledge Management Firms; Planning in a CAS; Vision in a CAS; Goal Setting in a CAS; Structures in a CAS; Change Agent Role; Method : Self-Organizing Exercise; Amplify Difference (Not Build Consensus); Story : The Hidden Difference; Upbraiding Differences; Differences in a CAS; Differences and Organization Resilience; Differences and Organization Change; Change Agent Role; Summary; Method : Difference Matrix; Self-Similarity (Not Difference Between Levels); Story : The Hidden Difference (Continued); Self-Similarity in Organizations; Scaling; Scaling in Organizations; Simple Rules; Change Agent Role; Method : Fractal As Metaphor; Success As Fit with the Environment (Not Closing the Gap with an Ideal); Stor : Focusing on Fit; Success As Fitness; Performance Feedback; Competition and Cooperation; Change Agent Role; Summary; Method : Same and Different; Self-Organization and the Change Agent : Tips for Thriving in the New Paradigm; Story : Just Do It!; Self-Organization and Traditional Change Methods; Change Agent Responsibilities; Entering the System; Assessment; Intervention; Evaluation; Skills for a Complexity Approach; Summary; Method : Reflection Evaluation; Making Self-Organization a Reality : Evolution in Organizations; Work with the Conditions for Self-Organization; Conclusion; Continuing the Co-Evolution; References; Index; About the Authors; About the Editors; |
| Contents note: | Looking for a highly effective alternative to traditional change models? Finally, an alternative to traditional change models--the science of complex adaptive systems (CAS). The authors explain how, rather than focusing on the macro "strategic" level of the organization system, complexity theory suggests that the most powerful change processes occur at the micro level where relationship, interaction and simple rules shape emerging patterns. Details how the emerging paradigm of a CAS affects the role of change agents Tells how you can build the requisite skills to function in a CAS Provides tips for thriving in that new paradigm "Olson and Eoyang do a superb job of using complexity science to develop numerous methods and tools that practitioners can immediately use to make their organizations more effective." -Kevin Dooley, Professor of Management and Industrial Engineering, Arizona State University |
| Record link: | https://library.seeu.edu.mk/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=14341 |
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