{"title":"Hybridisation in Social Systems: A Conceptual Perspective","authors":"Daniel Dauber, G. Fink","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.1748365","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1748365","url":null,"abstract":"This conceptual paper sketches the hybridisation process in M&As, which refers to the blending of organisational cultures. First, hybridisation is defined as an intermediary stage of integration and assimilation. Second, seven forms of hybridisation are grouped into organisational and individual/group level. It is found, that hybridisation may help to stabilise social systems or destabilise them, depending on how properly this phenomenon is managed. Finally, hybridisation is highlighted as a strategy to improve sensemaking. The paper concludes with a call for further research on hybridisation processes, to develop a valid theory based on empirical research that helps to improve the performance of future M&A deals.","PeriodicalId":212698,"journal":{"name":"Change Management & Organizational Behavior eJournal","volume":"78 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129247426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Emergent View of it and Organizational Change","authors":"Pontus Fryk, Einar Iveroth","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.1618276","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1618276","url":null,"abstract":"In the modern business world, it is impossible to distinguish between technology and organization. All activities are somehow supported by technology and the nature and structure of organizations influence the technological development. For that reason, it is crucial to recognize the reciprocal relationship between technology and organization, and acknowledge the phenomena as highly intertwined. This is the case in practice but it should also be reflected in associated research. In this paper, a bibliometric approach serves as the foundation for a study of whether a dynamic view of technology and organization is represented in affiliated scientific writings the last decade. More specifically, research in connection to information technology and organizational change is considered. The results from the investigation paint a scattered picture lacking clear indications of a tendency suggesting a move from a deterministic, and towards an emergent scientific view of these concepts.","PeriodicalId":212698,"journal":{"name":"Change Management & Organizational Behavior eJournal","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125361370","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Arguments for Introducing Accrual Based Accounting in the Public Sector","authors":"C. Bunea-Bontas, Mihaela Cosmina Petre","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.1491663","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1491663","url":null,"abstract":"From a long time, accounting for public entities has been on a cash basis, with no change until the '80s when it was considered appropriate that these should move closer to commercial accounting principles practiced in the private sector. Demands for better accountability by governments and by public sector managers are being heard around the world as the public realizes that living on credit is not sustainable for individuals and the same principle applies to governments. The paper highlights the main characteristics of accrual accounting, arguments and counter-arguments on this reform and particular aspects of Public Accountancy reform in Romania through introduction of accounting-based accrual, in order to facilitate better planning, financial management and decision making in government as well as an accepted way of measuring the economy, efficiency and effectiveness of public policies.","PeriodicalId":212698,"journal":{"name":"Change Management & Organizational Behavior eJournal","volume":"82 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114902535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adoption of Activity Management Practices in Public Sector Organizations","authors":"K. Baird","doi":"10.1111/j.1467-629X.2007.00225.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-629X.2007.00225.x","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines the extent to which activity management practices are adopted by Australian public sector organizations at each of Gosselin's (1997) levels of Activity Analysis, Activity Cost Analysis, and Activity-based Costing. The present paper replicates Baird et al. (2004), thereby enabling a comparison of the extent of adoption of activity management in the public sector with that reported in the private sector in Baird et al. (2004). The results reveal that the adoption of higher level activity management practices (Activity Cost Analysis and Activity-based Costing) is less prevalent in public sector organizations, whereas they adopt Activity Analysis to the same extent as the private sector.","PeriodicalId":212698,"journal":{"name":"Change Management & Organizational Behavior eJournal","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116450793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Field of Dreams: Team Implementations and Greenfields","authors":"Wendy S. Becker","doi":"10.1108/13527590710759838","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/13527590710759838","url":null,"abstract":"Greenfields represent one of the most successful organizational strategies of the last decade (Lawler, 1996; O’Toole and Lawler, 2006) yet they have not been systematically studied. The widely different experiences of the two Fortune 100 companies described above demonstrate the potential risks and rewards. Greenfields are new plants – typically, but not exclusively manufacturing – that belong to an existing organization. Ideally, greenfields offer fertile ground for both team and technology system design; they can act as a catalyst for change by serving as an experiment for the parent organization (Clark, 1995). Thus they offer tremendous potential for orchestrating long-term change in technological and people systems in organizations. Briggs and Stratton used an organizational strategy of cascading successful team-based work practices across five engine plants, as each new plant was built (Goldsberry, 1996). The context of the greenfield operation as an important organizational structure for implementation of teams has not been addressed in the literature. As a result, we really do not understand greenfields that well. This is surprising, given the potential that greenfields offer as primary settings for team systems, new products and new technology. Greenfields make significant contributions to productivity growth in the manufacturing sector, as firms replace existing plants that are less productive (Baldwin and Gu, 2006; Baldwin and Brown, 2004; Capelli and Neumark, 2001; Dunne, Roberts and Samuelson, 1989). Greenfields represent high stakes in terms of organizational investment. They also involve tremendous personal risk, in that managers stake their careers on the future success of the operation. Initial hopes and “fields of dreams” are not always realized. Thus it is important to examine greenfields more closely.","PeriodicalId":212698,"journal":{"name":"Change Management & Organizational Behavior eJournal","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132368803","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Examination of Deviant/Adaptive Behaviors in the Organizational Careers of Professionals","authors":"J. Raelin","doi":"10.1300/J111V06N01_08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J111V06N01_08","url":null,"abstract":"A model of professional deviant/adaptive career behaviors is presented to clarify the negative behavioral effects experienced by some salaried professionals and proposed as being caused by conflicting expectations with their management. The nature of and precursors to these conflicting expectations are delineated. The cognitive state, attitudes, and specific behaviors, which are the resultants of the expectations, are discussed. Behavioral outcomes are presented in terms of four career elements: management, job, self, and the career. Research and managerial implications are cited.","PeriodicalId":212698,"journal":{"name":"Change Management & Organizational Behavior eJournal","volume":"61 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122661356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}