TY - JOUR
T1 - A Systemic View of Change Management and Its Conceptual Underpinnings
AU - Cao, Guangming
AU - McHugh, Marie
PY - 2005/10
Y1 - 2005/10
N2 - This paper presents a critical analysis of a systemic view of change managementand its conceptual underpinnings. It reflects upon the systemic view from perspectivesof modernism and postmodernism. The understandings so developed are thensynthesised in terms of structuration theory. It is argued that organisational changeis characterised by diversity and interactions, which necessitates a systemic approachusing multiple methods in one intervention. By making transparent the conceptualunderpinnings, it is shown that this systemic view can help build an improved understandingof organisational change characterised by diversity and interactions, andit can support the use of multiple methods to manage organisational change in oneintervention.
AB - This paper presents a critical analysis of a systemic view of change managementand its conceptual underpinnings. It reflects upon the systemic view from perspectivesof modernism and postmodernism. The understandings so developed are thensynthesised in terms of structuration theory. It is argued that organisational changeis characterised by diversity and interactions, which necessitates a systemic approachusing multiple methods in one intervention. By making transparent the conceptualunderpinnings, it is shown that this systemic view can help build an improved understandingof organisational change characterised by diversity and interactions, andit can support the use of multiple methods to manage organisational change in oneintervention.
U2 - 10.1007/s11213-005-8484-4
DO - 10.1007/s11213-005-8484-4
M3 - Article
VL - 18
SP - 475
EP - 490
JO - Systems Practice and Action Research
JF - Systems Practice and Action Research
SN - 1573-9295
IS - 5
ER -