Theoretical and Applied Economics
No. 7 / 2006 (502)
Organizational Transition and Change Resistance
Ciprian Nicolescu
Academia de Studii Economice Bucure?ti
Abstract. The paper focuses on the very important atopic of organizational transition and change resistance. It is divided in four parts. The first part deals with transition inevitability and its content in the change process. The second part of the paper refers to the change resistance. After a short presentation of a recent approach of this topic, elaborated by Rick Maurer, the authors present their point of view, identifying 14 main causes refering to the main factors involved in the organizational transition. In the third part, authors have formulated a set of key elements which should be taken into consideration in order to achieve a rapid and succesful organizational changes. These key elements are valable for any type of organization – entreprise, institution, locality, region, country a.s.a. The last part of the study deals with conflicts approach, which appear almost always during organizational transition. The conflicts are separated in three categories and for whom are presented the methodes recommended in order to solve them with good results.
Contents
Arguments for the Study of Institutionalism and Institutional Reform in Romania
Organizational Transition and Change Resistance
Economic Politics, between Individual Interest and Public Interest
Corporate Governance, between Classicism and Modernism
Dilemmas of Modernity in Change
The Economy Governing During Globalization Era
Romania. The Pillars for its Sustainable Development
Using Standard-Sole Cost Method for Performance Gestion Accounting and Calculation Cost in the Machine Building Industry
The Prevailing of the Human Nature in the Economics of Adam Smith
Growth and Efficiency at the Macroeconomic Level
Pollution and Property: Is Relevant Market Failure Theory?
A Mental Value Perspective in Risk Decision Theory