Aligning organizations for positive change: The role of leadership in matching strategy, culture, and social networks to vital organizational challenges
ISBN: 978-0-85724-467-3, eISBN: 978-0-85724-468-0
Publication date: 24 January 2011
Abstract
Drawing on methods and metaphors from complexity science and organizational systematics, this chapter outlines a model for bringing about positive organizational transformation through the alignment of strategy, culture, and social networks. A key concept behind this model is that uncertainty and volatility arising from within or outside an organization must be met with purposeful and informed leadership intervention. The act of organizational alignment must become a core skill for the modern manager. Finally, the process and outcomes of taking such an approach to organizational change are illustrated through a case example.
Citation
Lee, J. (2011), "Aligning organizations for positive change: The role of leadership in matching strategy, culture, and social networks to vital organizational challenges", Mobley, W.H., Li, M. and Wang, Y. (Ed.) Advances in Global Leadership (Advances in Global Leadership, Vol. 6), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 71-94. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1535-1203(2011)0000006007
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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