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Explaining Development and Change in Organizations
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In this article, the authors introduce four basic theories that may serve as building blocks for explaining processes of change in organizations: life cycle, teleology, dialectics, and evolution, which represent different sequences of change events that are driven by different conceptual motors and operate at different organizational levels.Abstract:
This article introduces four basic theories that may serve as building blocks for explaining processes of change in organizations: life cycle, teleology, dialectics, and evolution. These four theories represent different sequences of change events that are driven by different conceptual motors and operate at different organizational levels. This article identifies the circumstances when each theory applies and proposes how interplay among the theories produces a wide variety of more complex theories of change and development in organizational life.read more
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The interplay between social capital and international opportunities : A processual study of international ‘take-off’ episodes in Chinese SMEs
TL;DR: In this paper, a processual analysis of international take-off episodes in Chinese SMEs is presented, in which the dynamics of pre-internationalization are considered and four temporally finer-grained, finer grained, and shorter-lived, episodes are considered.
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Kaizen event approach: a case study in the packaging industry
TL;DR: In this article, a case study on the application of lean production principles in a manufacturing facility is presented to demonstrate the impact of frequent and systematic use of a Kaizen event on quality and delivery performance.
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Evolutionary critical theory, metaphor, and organizational change
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the uncertainty is resolved by employing Veblen's metaphor of "endogenous evolution" and that this claim is supported by current studies of organizational change.
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Le passage d' une certification ISO 9001 à un management par la qualité totale
TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose a modele for a transition reussie entre certification and management par la qualite totale (TQM), a propos duquel des points de vue oppose emergent de la litterature.
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Innovation par le design thinking et business models inclusifs : conceptualisation et mise en oeuvre des strategies d'entreprise pro-pauvres. Cas Schneider Electric et General Electric Healthcare
TL;DR: In this paper, the methode design thinking appliquee au contexte de la base of the pyramide peut en effet favoriser le developpement des capacites de creation of nouveaux business models innovants and inclusifs and the creation of valeur partagee.
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