Improvising Organizational Transformation Over Time: A Situated Change Perspective
Abstrak
In this paper, I outline a perspective on organizational transformation which proposes change as endemic to the practice of organizing and hence as enacted through the situated practices of organizational actors as they improvise, innovate, and adjust their work routines over time. I ground this perspective in an empirical study which examined the use of a new information technology within one organization over a two-year period. In this organization, a series of subtle but nonetheless significant changes were enacted over time as organizational actors appropriated the new technology into their work practices, and then experimented with local innovations, responded to unanticipated breakdowns and contingencies, initiated opportunistic shifts in structure and coordination mechanisms, and improvised various procedural, cognitive, and normative variations to accommodate their evolving use of the technology. These findings provide the empirical basis for a practice-based perspective on organizational transfor...
Topik & Kata Kunci
Penulis (1)
W. Orlikowski
Akses Cepat
- Tahun Terbit
- 1996
- Bahasa
- en
- Total Sitasi
- 2211×
- Sumber Database
- Semantic Scholar
- DOI
- 10.1287/ISRE.7.1.63
- Akses
- Open Access ✓