Chapter 18 Flashcards
(8 cards)
Legitimacy
Values and expectations from society
Dual strategy
Surviving today,competing for tomorrow
Structural break
Point where trends become discountinuos and the established cause-and-effect rel. breaks down
Complexity theory
The behaviour of organizations results from the interactions with large number of independent agents,this leads to inpredictability and self-organization
Power-law distributions
Small changes typically result in small comsequences,but they may also trigger major movements
Contextuality
The benefits from any action depen upon what other activities are taking place
Ambidextrous org.
One that can combine multiple capabalities and accomodate both gradual change and occasional revolutionary leaps
Org.identity
Understanding of what is presumed to be core,distinctive,enduring about the characted of the org.
