Navigate the waves of change

Author: Garis Morgan
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: Morgan succinctly points out in this book that an organization seeking to survive in a changing world must be acutely aware of its urgent need to improve its capabilities: the ability to accurately perceive macro visions and the forward-looking grasp of potential environmental variables, which are crucial organizational capabilities for. Morgan's management philosophy holds significant theoretical guidance for all organizations in various political systems and cultural contexts that are adapting to change and facing challenges in the era of transformation. This book not only highlights the key capabilities required for organizations to but also outlines effective measures to develop such capabilities. Morgan suggests that ways to enhance organizational management capabilities include forging the organization into a learning organization, creating flexible, team-based organizational structures, maximizing the innovative potential of organizational members, designing and managing decentralized networks, leveraging the creativity of information technology to enhance organizational management capabilities, and using paradox theory and self-organization theory to find new methods for, etc. Morgan does not directly use the term "crisis" in this book to refer to the threats posed by various turbulent environments to organizations, but his description of the transformative impact of change as a tide is sufficient to convince us that the wave of change itself is not to be feared; in some cases, it may even become a driving force for organizational learning and growth. The question worth reflecting on is how an organization should perceive the wave of change and its potential impacts on itself when faced with such an unstoppable tide. Can the organization accurately position its future survival and development strategy based on such an attitude? Can it predict future trends and make corresponding organizational strategic adjustments? And can it learn, cultivate, and enhance such capabilities within a certain timeframe?