Barbara Czarniawska. Organizational change: Fashions, Institutions and Translations

Corvellec, Hervé,1961Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Gothenburg Research Institute (GRI) (author)

Combining neo-institutionalism, actor network theory, and Gabriel Tarde’s sociology, Czarniawska considers the key driver of organizational change to be imitation but an imitation that rests on translation. Organizations emulate one another by translating fashionable ideas according to their understanding, traditions, needs, and means. As translation in this tradition always entails a transformation of the translated idea or object, unexpected consequences will be expected. She does not consider these consequences to be necessarily negative; however, because if stabilized and institutionalized, unintended change can turn out to be as positive as planned change. A further strength of Czarniawska’s is her ability to provide methodological tools that follow the translation processes for change: organizational ethnographies, narrative methodology, and shadowing.

Eriksson-Zetterquist, Ulla,1967Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Gothenburg Research Institute (GRI),Företagsekonomiska institutionen, Management & Organisation,Department of Business Administration, Management & Organisation(Swepub:gu)xeriku (author)
Göteborgs universitetGothenburg Research Institute (GRI) (creator_code:org_t)

In:Szabla, David B., Pasmore, William A., Barnes, Mary A., & Gipson, Asha N. (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Organizational Change ThinkersCham : Springer International Publishing9783319498201

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