Institutional theory has proven to be a central analytical perspective for investigating the role of larger social and historical structures of Information System (IS) adaptation. However, it does not explicitly account for how organizational actors make sense of and enact IS in their local context. We address this limitation by showing how sensemaking theory can be combined with institutional ...

Traditionally, routines have been perceived as a primary source of inertia, which slows down organizational change and hinders organizational adaptation. Advancing prior research on routine dynamics, this study examines how inertia in routines influences the process of organizational adaptation, both in the absence and presence of endogenous change of routines. Contrary to conventional wisdom, ...

Title of Dissertation: Organizational Learning and Network Adaptation in Multi-Agent Systems Matthew E. Gaston, Doctor of Philosophy, 2005 Dissertation directed by: Dr. Marie desJardins Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering In both real and artificial societies, successful organizations are highly dependent upon a structure that fosters effective and effi...

This article addresses how individuals make sense of their organization's response to a nontraditional and emotional strategic issue. The reported research also concerned microprocesses involved in organizational adaptation. We describe how the Port Authority of New York and New |ersey, a regional transportation agency, dealt with the many homeless people at its facilities and use that descript...

the aim of this research is to study the relationship between organizational culture and the new measure to evaluate the organization' performance. powerful organizational culture has significantly related with organizational’ performance and it is going to be expected to create value in the organization. but, when the cultural values support organizational adaptation to environmental, the...

Organizations will be central actors in societal adaptation to climate variability and change. But highly simplified assumptions are often made about the response of organizations to the stimulus of perceived or experienced climate change. This paper reviews recent literature, arguing that three approaches are applied in studies of organizational adaptation: utility-maximizing, behavioral, and ...

This paper examines the dynamic and multi-level relationship between organization and innovation from three different but interdependent perspectives: a) the relationship between organizational structural forms and innovativeness; b) innovation as a process of organizational learning and knowledge creation; and c) organizational capacity for change and adaptation. It provides a critical review ...

For several reasons enterprises are frequently subject to organizational change. Respective adaptations may concern business processes, but also other components of an enterprise architecture. In particular, changes of organizational structures often become necessary. The information about organizational entities and their relationships is maintained in organizational models. Therefore the quic...

This work was supported in part by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), United States Navy Grant No. N00014-97-1-0037 and by the National Science Foundation NSF IRI9633 662. The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the Office of Naval Research or the U.S. gove...