A. Tucker, Danielle and Hendy, Jane and Barlow, James (2014) When infrastructure transition and work practice redesign collide. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 27 (6). pp. 955-972. DOI https://doi.org/10.1108/jocm-09-2013-0173
A. Tucker, Danielle and Hendy, Jane and Barlow, James (2014) When infrastructure transition and work practice redesign collide. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 27 (6). pp. 955-972. DOI https://doi.org/10.1108/jocm-09-2013-0173
A. Tucker, Danielle and Hendy, Jane and Barlow, James (2014) When infrastructure transition and work practice redesign collide. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 27 (6). pp. 955-972. DOI https://doi.org/10.1108/jocm-09-2013-0173
Abstract
<jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-heading">Purpose</jats:title><jats:p>– As management innovations become more complex, infrastructure needs to change in order to accommodate new work practices. Different challenges are associated with work practice redesign and infrastructure change however; combining these presents a dual challenge and additional challenges associated with this interaction. The purpose of this paper is to ask: what are the challenges which arise from work practice redesign, infrastructure change and simultaneously attempting both in a single transformation?</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-heading">Design/methodology/approach</jats:title><jats:p>– The authors present a longitudinal study of three hospitals in three different countries (UK, USA and Canada) transforming both their infrastructure and work practices. Data consists of 155 ethnographic interviews complemented by 205 documents and 36 hours of observations collected over two phases for each case study.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-heading">Findings</jats:title><jats:p>– This paper identifies that work practice redesign challenges the cognitive load of organizational members whilst infrastructure change challenges the project management and structure of the organization. Simultaneous transformation represents a disconnect between the two aspects of change resulting in a failure to understand the relationship between work and design.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-heading">Practical implications</jats:title><jats:p>– These challenges suggest that organizations need to make a distinction between the two aspects of transformation and understand the unique tensions of simultaneously tackling these dual challenges. They must ensure that they have adequate skills and resources with which to build this distinction into their change planning.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-heading">Originality/value</jats:title><jats:p>– This paper unpacks two different aspects of complex change and considers the neglected challenges associated with modern change management objectives.</jats:p></jats:sec>
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Transformation; Cognitive load; Organizational change; Work practices |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Essex Business School |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 24 Feb 2015 07:58 |
Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2024 20:40 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/12932 |
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