Institutionalization and Quality of Work Experiments,

Abstract

The particular problem examined is the institutionalization of planned organizational change. Institutionalization refers to the process by which planned organizational change is sustained over time. It is analogous to the concept of refreezing in the Lewinian (1951) paradigm of unfreezing, changing, and refreezing, where unfreezing refers to the process by which motivation to change is induced, changing concerns the process by which the individual adopts temporarily new patterns of beliefs, attitudes or behaviors, and refreezing refers to the process by which new behaviors persist over time.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA123010

Entities

People

  • Paul S. Goodman

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Behavior And Behavior Mechanisms
  • Motivation
  • Patient Care

Fields of Study

  • Economics

Readers

  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Systems Analysis and Design