Compromising The Organization's Identity: Pressured Organizational Submission to Externally Dictated Change

Title
Compromising The Organization's Identity: Pressured Organizational Submission to Externally Dictated Change
Publication Date
2015
Author(s)
Khan, Ashfaq Ahmad
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Taiwan Institute of Business Administration, Taiwan Sheng Gongshang Guanli Xuehui
Place of publication
Taiwan
UNE publication id
une:18059
Abstract
Following the Bradley Review (Australian Government, 2008), Australian tertiary education sector's constituents underwent significant strategic reforms, including the Australian government's funding-specific policy changes for the sector. Analysing the situation confronting Australian tertiary education section from a theoretical perspective, using secondary sources of information, the author argues that while 'strategy facilitation' by a 'power source' works to the advantage of subordinate organizations, 'strategy imposition' may work the opposite way. Externally dictated conditions for change that leave an organization with no option but to submit passively to the pressure and adapt its core organizational elements to ensure survival, may result in the organization's 'demise' in its real essence, as the organization sacrifices its true identity in an attempt to placate the external demand for change. Notions of accountability dictate that such a change needs to be scrupulously checked and subjected to an independent enquiry before considered for implementation. Theory-supported propositions are put forth to help guide future research into the area.
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Citation
Academy of Taiwan Business Management Review, 11(2), p. 111-124
ISSN
1813-0534
Start page
111
End page
124

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