The notion of âchangeâ has become pervasive in contemporary organizational discourse. On the one hand, change is represented as an organizational imperative that increasingly appears to trump all other concerns. On the other hand, change is addressed as an abstract, generic entity that can be theorized, categorized, evaluated and acted upon without further specification. In this article, we argue that this combination of absolutism and abstraction has some unfortunate consequences for the precise assessment and practical management of particular organizational changes. Based on re-readings of two classic, but partially forgotten contributions within organization theory - the work of Wilfred R. Bion on group assumptions and the work of Elliott Jaques on ârequisite organisationâ - we suggest that contemporary discussion of organizational change could benefit considerably from regaining a lost specificity; an empirical grounding in the detailed description of content, purpose and elements of change as a prerequisite for any normative appraisal or critique.View full textDownload full textKeywordsAbstraction, epochalism, detailed description, Bion, Jaques, bureaucracyRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14697017.2011.606609
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机译：“改变”的概念在当代组织话语中已经变得很普遍。一方面，变革被表示为一种组织上的当务之急，日益显得胜过所有其他问题。另一方面，变更是作为一个抽象的，通用的实体来解决的，无需进一步说明即可对其进行理论化，分类，评估和采取行动。在本文中，我们认为，绝对主义和抽象主义的这种结合会对特定组织变更的精确评估和实际管理产生一些不幸的后果。基于对组织理论中两个经典但部分被遗忘的贡献的重读—威尔弗雷德·R·比昂（Wilfred R. Bion）关于群体假设的工作和埃利奥特·雅克（Elliott Jaques）关于“必要组织”的工作—我们建议对组织变革进行当代讨论重新获得失去的特异性可以大大受益；内容，目的和变更要素的详细描述中的经验基础是进行任何规范性评估或批评的前提。查看全文下载全文摘要弗朗西斯在线”，services_compact：“ citeulike，netvibes，twitter，technorati，美味，linkedin，facebook，stumbleupon，digg，google，更多”，发布号：“ ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b”};添加到候选列表链接永久链接http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14697017.2011.606609
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