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Organization change failure, deep structures and temporality : appreciating Wonderland

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Heracleous, Loizos Th. and Bartunek, Jean (2021) Organization change failure, deep structures and temporality : appreciating Wonderland. Human Relations, 74 (2). pp. 208-233. doi:10.1177/0018726720905361

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Abstract

Organization change failure has typically been viewed as occurring when expected outcomes of change have not been met. This view downplays key, but frequently hidden organizational dimensions such as deep structures and temporality. In this paper, drawing inspiration from the story of Alice in Wonderland (Carroll, 2011), we distinguish between surface level intervention approaches to change, deeper process approaches and, deeper yet structuration approaches and suggest the different ways they approach change failure as well as the implications of these. On the basis of our exploration we propose a three-fold way forward: adopting a process-based, empirically grounded and reflective approach to understanding change and its often-failed outcomes; adopting methodologies that can capture deep structures and temporal dimensions; and incorporating expanded conceptions of time as a multi-level, nested construct. We illustrate our ideas of deep structures and temporality by drawing from a particularly important illustration of long term successful change that includes multiple short term failures, that of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the United States (NASA).

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General)
H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Strategy & International Business
Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Organizational change, Structuralism, Industrial management -- Case studies, Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898. Alice's adventures in Wonderland , United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Journal or Publication Title: Human Relations
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd.
ISSN: 0018-7267
Official Date: February 2021
Dates:
DateEvent
February 2021Published
20 February 2020Available
9 December 2019Accepted
Volume: 74
Number: 2
Page Range: pp. 208-233
DOI: 10.1177/0018726720905361
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access
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