“Sometimes, to change the people, you‟ve got to change the people.” A leader‟s comment prompts us to consider whether change that requires a quick shift to new schematic sets, aspirations, activities, goals and capabilities will require radical measures. This paper describes change management models and organisational learning strategies commonly cited in change literature. It argues that learn...

In 1995, the Division of Allied Health at the Women's and Children's Hospital Adelaide (WCH) began a process of critical review of its service delivery models and organisational structure in order better to meet the vision and values of the WCH and the needs of consumers. This paper describes the change management process. Barriers to and facilitators of change are highlighted. The outcomes of ...

Purpose – Organisational transformation has been a major research theme over the last few decades. The main emphasis focuses on how successful organisations are using information systems and technology (IS/IT) to transform business operations. This paper aims to summarize and evaluate the key perspectives and concepts of change management. These perspectives and concepts are used to conduct an ...

One of the organisational concepts which is currently receiving considerable attention is that of the 'virtual organisation' (Dividow and Malone, 1992) and associated notions such as 'virtual teamwork'. Although admittedly replete with conceptual confusions and clearly accompanied by considerable 'hype' such organisational forms, it is claimed, address major transformations in the social, econo...

The Australian health care industry prior to the 1990s was notable for its relative stability and uniformity in relation to organisational design. Since then, new organisational designs have proliferated and a diversity of approaches is evident. The new fluidity in organisational design is particularly evident amongst the allied health professions. The aim of this paper is two-fold. Firstly, to...

This study investigates the consequences of regulation for management control and organisational change in privatised industries by means of a case study of the gas industry. It focuses particularly on the implications for regulation of accounting systems and systems of accountability, as important management control systems. Giddens’ [Central Problems in Social Theory: Action, Structure and Co...

This paper develops a theoretic framework which may be used to guide research into effective organisational change. The focus of our work is restricted to (i) ICT-mediated organisational change and (ii) change within a Non-Profit-Organisation (NPO) and, therefore, the framework of ideas presented here is focussed on a characteristic of NPOs: an unusually highly intrinsically motivated workforce...

This paper describes how a method for evaluating organisational change based on the theory of logical types can be used for classifying organisational change processes to understand change after the implementation of an electronic documentation system in a residential aged care facility. In this instance we assess the organisational change reflected by care staff's perceptions of the benefits o...