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International Journal of Social Work and Human Services Practice(CEASE PUBLICATION) Vol. 1(2), pp. 85 - 90
DOI: 10.13189/ijrh.2013.010201
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Organizational Myths: How Organizational Change is Misunderstood and Why it is So Rarely Successful
Sydney Engelberg *
Schwartz Program in Nonprofit Management, School of Social Work, Hebrew University, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 91905, Israel
ABSTRACT
Organizational Myths is a conceptual paper that examines how, as a result of largely being unaware of and ignoring the 鈥渄ark side鈥� of organizational behavior, managers unintentionally fail in most of their improvement efforts. This failure rate is confirmed by numerous studies, e.g. Kotter (1996). An understanding of dark side issues provides for a deeper understanding of organizational resilience, and enables managers to deal more successfully with the complexity of organizational life, learn from success and build on failures. These insights apply equally well to for-profit and non-profit organizations of all kinds. The ideas developed in this article are based on over 30 years of international consulting experience, interviews with managers in diverse companies and organizations, and extension of basic findings in behavioral economics.
KEYWORDS
Change Management; Organizational Resilience; Human Resource Management; Organizational Innovation
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Sydney Engelberg , "Organizational Myths: How Organizational Change is Misunderstood and Why it is So Rarely Successful," International Journal of Social Work and Human Services Practice(CEASE PUBLICATION), Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 85 - 90, 2013. DOI: 10.13189/ijrh.2013.010201.
(b). APA Format:
Sydney Engelberg (2013). Organizational Myths: How Organizational Change is Misunderstood and Why it is So Rarely Successful. International Journal of Social Work and Human Services Practice(CEASE PUBLICATION), 1(2), 85 - 90. DOI: 10.13189/ijrh.2013.010201.