Sedimentation and Transformation in Organizational Change: The Case of Canadian Law Firms
Sedimentation and Transformation in Organizational Change: The Case of Canadian Law Firms
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组织变革的沉淀与转型：以加拿大律师事务所为例
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1996
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John L. Brown
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D. Cooper;B. Hinings;R. Greenwood;John L. Brown
本文确定了加拿大大型律师事务所的两个原型，以显示专业主义和伙伴关系的观念是如何变化的，部分原因是在更广泛的制度背景下话语的转变。话语本身的这些变化改变了对组织结构和系统的解释。这个主题是通过轨道和沉积的概念来探索的。我们探讨了一种似乎不安全的组织原型的出现，它导致了具有竞争性承诺的沉淀结构。沉积的地质隐喻使我们能够考虑一个线性的变化，而不是线性的变化。两家律师事务所的案例研究表明，一个原型是如何在另一个原型上分层的，而不是代表一个原型扫去另一个原型的残余的明显转变。
This paper identifies two archetypes in large Canadian law firms to show how ideas of professionalism and partnership are changing, due in part to shifts in discourses in the wider institutional context. These changes in discourse themselves alter the interpretation of organizational structures and systems. This theme is explored through the concept of tracks and sedimentation. We explore the emergence of an organizational archetype that appears not to be secure, and which results in sedimented structures with competitive commit ments. The geological metaphor of sedimentation allows us to consider a dia lectical rather than a linear view of change. Case studies of two law firms show how one archetype is layered on the other, rather than representing a distinct transformation where one archetype sweeps away the residues of the other.