Moderating Effect of Organizational Slack on Organizational Renewal : the Dynamic Capabilities Approach

• Autorzy: Bartłomiej J. Gabryś

Warianty tytułu

Moderujący efekt wpływu luzu organizacyjnego na efektywność organizacyjną : perspektywa zdolności dynamicznych

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Background. The idea behind the paper is to reconceptualise organizational renewal as a dynamic capability to reinterpret technologies, practices, beliefs in order to seize strategy by integrating, building and reconfiguring internal practices, processes, structures and systems as distinct organizational phenomenon. Proposed moderator - organizational slack seem to be relatively new concept when organizational renewal and organizational effectiveness are considered.
Research aims. Purpose of this article is to redeploy concept of organizational renewal to direct researchers' interest toward somehow neglected organizational phenomenon. Author believe that there is a critical gap in the previous studies, that have left opened door to new area for research by answering following research questions: What is an organizational renewal and how does it matter for organizational effectiveness? How indicated moderator - organizational slack - influence that process?
Methodology. Based on critical literature review new working definition of organizational renewal is proposed. Following inductive way of reasoning (Sprogoe & Elkjaer, 2010) for new theory development four propositions were formulated based on the logic of predictive validity framework.
Key findings. Author integrates and systematizes disparate ideas to develop a cohesive theory of organizational renewal as dynamic capability with organizational slack as a moderator. (original abstract)

Tło badań. Bezpośrednim przyczynkiem powstania artykułu jest chęć osadzenia na nowo w teorii nauk o zarządzaniu konstruktu odnowy organizacyjnej, definiowanej przez pryzmat zdolności dynamicznych jako umiejętność reinterpretowania technologii, praktyk, przekonań na drodze realizacji strategii poprzez integrowanie, budowanie i rekonfigurowanie wewnętrznych praktyk, procesów, struktur i systemów organizacyjnych. Zaproponowany moderator - luz organizacyjny - wydaje się nową koncepcją w odniesieniu do odnowy organizacyjnej na drodze osiągania wysokiej efektywności organizacji.
Cel badań. Celem artykułu jest próba umiejscowienia konstruktu odnowy organizacyjnej w centrum zainteresowań badawczych, ze szczególnym naciskiem na próbę odpowiedzenia na pytania, czym jest odnowa organizacyjna oraz w jaki sposób wpływa na efektywność organizacji.
Metodologia. Opierając się na krytycznym przeglądzie literatury, wypracowano nową, roboczą definicję odnowy organizacyjnej. Wychodząc z założeń podejścia indukcyjnego do powstawania nowej wiedzy (Sprogoe & Elkjaer, 2010), zaproponowano cztery twierdzenia wymagające dalszej empirycznej weryfikacji.
Kluczowe wnioski. Zintegrowano i w dużym stopniu usystematyzowano dotychczas osobne konstrukty teoretyczne na drodze spójnej teorii odnowy organizacyjnej jako zdolności dynamicznej, w której luz organizacyjny odgrywa znaczącą rolę. (abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Organisational effectiveness; Organizational slack; Dynamic capabilities

PL

Efektywność organizacyjna; Luz organizacyjny; Zdolności dynamiczne

• Czasopismo: International Journal of Contemporary Management
• Rocznik: 2018
• Tom: 17
• Numer: nr 1
• Strony: 27--43

Twórcy

autor

Bartłomiej J. Gabryś

• University of Economics in Katowice, Poland

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DOI

10.4467/24498939IJCM.18.002.8381