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Mudanças not removalists: Rethinking the management of organizational change
Author(s) -
Badham Richard J.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
human factors and ergonomics in manufacturing and service industries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.408
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1520-6564
pISSN - 1090-8471
DOI - 10.1002/hfm.20050
Subject(s) - opposition (politics) , organizational change , hum , resistance (ecology) , knowledge management , psychological intervention , character (mathematics) , process (computing) , public relations , sociology , psychology , business , political science , process management , management science , computer science , engineering , politics , art , ecology , mathematics , psychiatry , performance art , law , operating system , geometry , biology , art history
Abstract All successful innovation, including effective human factors interventions, needs to address the problems of organizational inertia as well as active opposition and resistance. Yet our common understanding of how to “manage” such problems—described in this article as the management of organizational change—embodies a restricted and ineffective view of change management. The author proposes an alternative approach, viewing change management as an activity of leading changing institutions. This approach captures the fluid character of change(ing) as an emergent process, the complex social character of human institutions, and the crucial role of leadership in constructing collective goals and purposes in situations of conflict and uncertainty. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Hum Factors Man 16: 229–245, 2006.