http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2009/06/26/four-ways-to-understand-organizational-change/ Education. Technology. Productivity. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2009/06/26/four-ways-to-understand-organizational-change/comment-page-1/#comment-2589 dougbelshaw.com/blog » Blog Archive » Leadership Day roundup Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:11:15 +0000 http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/?p=2464#comment-2589 [...] Four ways to understand organizational change [...] [...] Four ways to understand organizational change [...]

]]> http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2009/06/26/four-ways-to-understand-organizational-change/comment-page-1/#comment-5878 Paul Richardson Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:37:00 +0000 http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/?p=2464#comment-5878 Interesting stuff. Yes, organisations can be like brains, but they can also operate in any of the numerous other modes which Morgan elaborates (including prisons!). Other connections with autopoiesis also exist via cybernetics (see Beer and others e.g at http://www.cybsoc.org/contacts/people-Beer.htm). I am especially interested in how organisations can become more flexible in the face of changing technology, and I think that an understanding of the different 'faces' or organisations as Morgan proposes may help us to effect change. Interesting stuff. Yes, organisations can be like brains, but they can also operate in any of the numerous other modes which Morgan elaborates (including prisons!). Other connections with autopoiesis also exist via cybernetics (see Beer and others e.g at http://www.cybsoc.org/contacts/people-Beer.htm). I am especially interested in how organisations can become more flexible in the face of changing technology, and I think that an understanding of the different ‘faces’ or organisations as Morgan proposes may help us to effect change.

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