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Organizing Awareness and Responsiveness to handle the Catch 22 of organizational change : Taking a process perspective on merging two nursing departments
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2011-08-15
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Abstract
Handling paradoxes is important to manage change. Taking a process perspective, I explore the paradox of change processes that emerges when weaving a "new" organizing into the "old" one. The single case study within a hospital demonstrates six communicative patterns to handle the catch 22 of organizational change. They share awareness and responsiveness which relates the poles of "old" and "new" organizing and provides the conceptual contribution of the paper. This organizational view complements the existing insights that mainly focus on individual and group strategies to handle paradoxes. The study suggests practitioners to organize awareness and responsiveness by structuring communication. Doing so enables those involved to observe the change process within the specific context and as it unfolds
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Language
English
Keywords
process perspective
hospital
paradox
organizational change
systems theory
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Book title
West meets East
Publisher
Academy of Management
Publisher place
New York
Volume
Paper Session 1615
Start page
36
Event Title
71st Academy of Management Annual Meeting (AOM)
Event Location
San Antonio, USA
Event Date
12.-16.08.2011
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Division(s)
Eprints ID
75561