Organizational evolution and strategic management
Rodolphe Durand (Author)
How can the argument that organisations evolve according to environmental pressures be reconciled with evidence of strategic management? This book is the first of its kind to answer this theoretical puzzle and engage readers in a balanced understanding of organizational evolution. Organization and strategy scholars often lack a clear, in-depth presentation of evolutionary ideas and may repeat mistakes that could and should be avoided. In this book, Durand embarks upon a fresh assessment of the literature. He provides the foundation for a new theory of organizational selection and an "organizational evolution and strategy" model that reconciles economic evolution with strategic intentionality. Chapters include an examination of the work by Lamarck, Darwin and Spencer; a constructive appraisal of evolutionary theory applied to organizations; and a summary of how the "organizational evolution and strategy" model with affect future theory and research.--Publisher description
1 online resource (x, 190 pages) : illustrations
9781847878083, 9781412908627, 9781412908634, 9781446212370, 9781281244581, 9786611244583, 1847878083, 1412908620, 1412908639, 1446212378, 1281244589, 6611244581
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pt. I. Positioning the questions
Introduction, contrubtions, and overview
Organizational evolution: problems and promises
pt. II. Building the checklist appraisal grid for evolutionary models
Evolutionary theories in retrospect
Evolutionary models in organizational theory
Introducing recent debates in biology into the checklist appraisal grid for evolutionary models
pt. III. Offering potential answers
The organizational evolution and strategy model
Implications
English
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