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Bringing out a new Publication ‐ the role of a catalyst in the micropolitics of the management of institutional change in education
Author(s) -
Busher Hugh
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
british educational research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.171
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1469-3518
pISSN - 0141-1926
DOI - 10.1080/0141192890150107
Subject(s) - process (computing) , change management (itsm) , public relations , organizational change , institutional change , political science , sociology , business , public administration , marketing , computer science , lean manufacturing , operating system
This paper looks at the strategies that can be used by a low‐status member of an organisation to create temporary coalitions amongst other members so allowing the low‐status member to implement change according to his/her own agenda. It is argued that the coalitions are maintained by exchanges of differentiated tokens of support. It is observed that the process of change goes through some clearly demarcated phases and gateways which serve to legitimate the project being implemented. It is suggested that such a formally powerless implementer of change performs a role fundamentally distinct from that of the conventional change agent.