Strategic Management and Change in High-Dependence Environments: The Case of a Philanthropic Organisation

• Main Authors: Thomas, Howard, Hafsi, T.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2005
• Subjects: nonprofit organizations; strategic management; environment–organization relations; institutional theory of organizations; high dependency; strategic change; Centraide; Canada; Business
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/3986
• Institution: Singapore Management University

On the basis of a detailed, in-depth study of the operations and strategic decision-making of Centraide, a charitable organization in Greater Montreal, this paper suggests that dependency on the environment can be a stimulus to organizational adaptation. Two major changes over a 10-year period are s...