Organizational routines and organizational change

• Main Authors: PENTLAND, Brian T., GOH, Kenneth T.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
• Subjects: organizational routines; organizational change; routine dynamics; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6920
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In theory and in practice, organizational routines have a problematic relationship with organizational change. On one hand, routines tend to stay the same when we want them to change. On the other hand, routines can change when we want them to stay the same. Routines are a source of inertia and path...