Abstract Considering the inevitable trade-off between legitimacy and uniqueness of the organization formulating developing strategy, and drawing on HeXie Management Theory and case study, this study aims to explore how organizations achieve the optimal uniqueness based on minimum legitimacy. It is found that the research framework including “systematic overall design, formulating and modifying HeXie theme dynamically, utilizing He Principles, Xie Principles, and HeXie coupling mechanism dynamically” is suitable for organizations to achieve the optimal uniqueness based on minimum legitimacy. In addition, the integration of the practice of XJTLU in dealing with the problem of “to be different or to be the same” and the research framework is expounded. The conclusion shows that the trade-off between uniqueness and legitimacy is a problem regarding design and evolution of complex system with limited intervention from a holistic perspective.
XI Youmin,ZHANG Mengxiao,LIU Peng. Dynamic Trade-off between Legitimacy and Uniqueness Based on HeXie Management Theory[J]. Chinese Journal of Management, 2022, 19(1): 8-.
