Influence, authority, and organizational inertia
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Influence Costs, Structural Inertia, and Organizational Change
This paper builds an economic model of the relationship between influence activity and resistance to change in organizations. I show that influence activity can create harmful barriers to change and that the influence costs of change are positively related to the firm’s prospects. The model rationalizes the widely held view that firms often must endure a survival-threatening crisis before meani...
متن کاملStimulation of Organizational Inertia: Identification of the Dimensions and Components of Organizational Inertia at Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Background & Objective: Considering the current unstable environment, organizations are faced with numerous changes and should adapt to various environmental factors. The present study aimed to evaluate the dimensions and components of organizational inertia at Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences (MUMS), Iran. Materials and Methods: This applied study was conducted based on an explorator...
متن کاملStructural Inertia and Organizational Change Revisited III: The Evolution of Organizational Inertia*
Building on a formal theory of the structural aspects of organizational change initiated in Hannan, Pólos, and Carroll (2002a, 2002b), this paper focuses on structural inertia. We define inertia as a persistent organizational resistance to changing architectural features. We examine the evolutionary consequences of architectural inertia. The main theorem holds that selection favors architectura...
متن کاملThe Red Queen, Success Bias, and Organizational Inertia
Why do successful organizations often move in new directions and then fail? We propose that this pattern is especially likely among organizations that have survived a history of competition. Such experience adapts organizations to their environment, through so-called “Red Queen” evolution, but being well-adapted for one context makes moving into new contexts more hazardous. Meanwhile, managers ...
متن کاملOrganizational Authority and Professional Responsibility in Clinical Sociology
When, if ever, are clinical sociologists justified in accepting the directives of employers and management sponsors as setting the parameters within which they proceed with their work? In particular, is it ever permissible for clinical sociologists to accept an employer's or a manager-sponsor's definition of a problem to be studied, even though they may not view it as the more fundamental probl...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Neurology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0028-3878,1526-632X
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000000626