Year: 2020
Type: dissertation
Abstract: This dissertation is based on a longitudinal ethnographic study of organizational\nchanges in a Nordic bank. Taking as a point of departure, an empirical observation\nof lower-level organizational members consistently identifying other\norganizational changes as radical than those indicated by top management, this\nstudy pursues how organizational members construct organizational changes\nthrough an emic approach.\nThe field of organizational change has historically been characterized by a number\nof dominant dichotomies, such as ‘planned – emergent change’, however, this\nstudy explores and challenges the existing dichotomies. With an aim of going\nbeyond the existing dichotomies of the field, the study draws on process\nphilosophy. Grounded in the assumption that phenomena are always in a state of\nbecoming, this dissertation contributes to the field with a study of organizational\nchanges which are not a priori determined organizational changes such as\nmergers, acquisitions, or reorganizations. Instead, organizational changes are\nviewed as fluid phenomena that are part of everyday work activities, constructed\nby the organizational members themselves.
Author: Signe Bruskin
Institution: Copenhagen Business School
Language: English
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3030760248