Modeling centralized organization of organizational change

  • Authors:
  • Mark Hoogendoorn;Catholijn M. Jonker;Martijn C. Schut;Jan Treur

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Artificial Intelligence, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen Institute for Cognition and Information, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 6525 HR;Department of Artificial Intelligence, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;Department of Artificial Intelligence, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  • Venue:
  • Computational & Mathematical Organization Theory
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

Organizations change with the dynamics of the world. To enable organizations to change, certain structures and capabilities are needed. As all processes, a change process has an organization of its own. In this paper it is shown how within a formal organization modeling approach also organizational change processes can be modeled. A generic organization model (covering both organization structure and behavior) for organizational change is presented and formally evaluated for a case study. This model takes into account different phases in a change process considered in Organization Theory literature, such as unfreezing, movement and refreezing. Moreover, at the level of individuals, the internal beliefs and their changes are incorporated in the model. In addition, an internal mental model for (reflective) reasoning about expected role behavior is included in the organization model.