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A Case Study on the Paradoxical Relationship between Stability and Change in the Development Process of an Organization
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| LIN Haifen,LIU Hongshuang,GUO Shanshan,FAN Bin |
| Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning， China |
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Abstract Following the paradox theory, this paper adopts a longitudinal case study on the development process of Signcomplex, especially the two changes, to explore the interdependence between stability and change. The study confirms the paradoxical relationship between stability and change, and concludes that: in the process of organizational development, the stability mechanism promotes change mainly through driving, supporting and releasing attention and resources; while trial-and-error activities or innovative actions such as trying and adjusting in organizational changes can promote the reformation of new stability mechanism; stability mechanisms promotes changes in diversified approaches and strength, with the releasing effect dominating in newly-added changes, and the driving and supporting effects in adjusted changes; Despite the diversity of organizational changes, their essence is to break the existing stable state and set up a new one, highlighting a continuous systematic project with paradoxical attributes.
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Received: 29 January 2019
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