Momentum and Revolution in Organizational Adaptation
- 1 December 1980
- journal article
- Published by Academy of Management in The Academy of Management Journal
- Vol. 23 (4), 591-614
- https://doi.org/10.5465/255551
Abstract
The change in 24 structural and strategy making variables over time is analyzed by a study of 26 companies. Organizations were found to resist reversals in the direction of change in strategy and structure. Two extremes were demonstrated: periods of momentum in which little or no trend is reversed and dramatic periods of revolution in which a very great many trends are reversed.Keywords
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