Factionalism and Organizational Change.
Abstract
Most organizations undergo more or less constant, though moderate, Change Modern governmental organizations may be more subject to modification than independent private firms This paper will describe a change process in one department of a naval station. In this process the department moved from stability through instability to a new attempt at stabilization we shall take as our starting point the relatively stable organization of several years ago The change process can be divided into two phases: the modification of goals by an external author, and the structural change within the department. From the point of view of the station as a whole, the structural change was an attempt by time department's management to modify the departmental structure in accordance with changing objectives and fiscal limitations Most members of the department preferred a traditional explanation of the structural change in terms of functional specialization and increased efficiency From a sociological point of view, the major problem within the department was a conflict of values.. The leading members of the department disagreed about their of goals, and about those which the department should pursue. individual influence and factional alignments largely determined the series of events resulting in structural
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1956
- Accession Number
- ADA365949
Entities
People
- Clovis Shephard
- Paula Brown
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research