Transformational and Coercive Strategies for Planned Organizational Change: Beyond the O.D. Model
- 1 July 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Organization Studies
- Vol. 9 (3) , 317-334
- https://doi.org/10.1177/017084068800900302
Abstract
This paper challenges the universality of O.D. theory, arguing that it presents an incomplete model of organizational change. Two contrasting 'theories' of organization al change are compared and evaluated (the incremental and transformational theses) and also two contrasting methods of change: participation and coercion. All four approaches are seen as legitimate components of a differentiated contingency model of change. The model has implications for the choice of strategies for managing organizational change in differing circumstances and for the training of change agents.This publication has 21 references indexed in Scilit:
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