Comments on: Quantum Theory and Change Management http://www.reply-mc.com/2007/04/01/essence-of-organizational-change/ Online Magazine for Organizational Change Practitioners Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Luc’s Thoughts on Organizational Change » Power to the Architects http://www.reply-mc.com/2007/04/01/essence-of-organizational-change/comment-page-1/#comment-2332 Luc’s Thoughts on Organizational Change » Power to the Architects Mon, 05 Apr 2010 23:13:03 +0000 http://reply-mc2com.accounts.combell.net/2007/04/01/essence-of-organizational-change/#comment-2332 [...] change practioner? Answer: Because every interaction you have with your target group is an intervention – like it or not. Every time you interact you are shaping the response [...] [...] change practioner? Answer: Because every interaction you have with your target group is an intervention – like it or not. Every time you interact you are shaping the response [...]

]]> By: Dr. Lauchlan A. K. Mackinnon http://www.reply-mc.com/2007/04/01/essence-of-organizational-change/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Dr. Lauchlan A. K. Mackinnon Sun, 08 Apr 2007 00:47:00 +0000 http://reply-mc2com.accounts.combell.net/2007/04/01/essence-of-organizational-change/#comment-7 Hi Luc,<BR/><BR/>This is a fascinating topic, one that I spent quite a bit of time with for my Ph.D research. Chapter X of my thesis makes the point in relation to economic theories and policy: they can become self-fulfilling or self-denying. <BR/><BR/>I blogged on the topic at http://lauchlanmackinnon.blogspot.com/2007/03/self-fulfilling-business-theories.html, which also contains some links to some great articles appyling the same principles to business theories (i.e. business theory taught at business schools changes the way business leaders and policy makers think and, thereby, changes the way business works - in a way that can be self-fulfilling or self-denying, and constructive or destructive).<BR/><BR/>On the connection with Heisenberg, I suggest having a look at Weisskopf's 1979 paper "the method is the ideology: from a Newtonian to a Heisenbergian paradigm in economics" in Journal of Economic Issues XIII (4): 869-884.<BR/><BR/>And I agree with you that it is a major issue, perhaps even on the organisational level - I just wouldn't have thought it would be so much of an issue in relation to specific change projects where you do you do your stakeholder analysis and attempt to anticipate how stakeholders will be likely to react to change and include those responses in planning your communication, training and implementation schedule. I would have thought it would be a bigger issue when systematic change management is _not_ used.<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/><BR/>Lauchlan Mackinnon Hi Luc,

This is a fascinating topic, one that I spent quite a bit of time with for my Ph.D research. Chapter X of my thesis makes the point in relation to economic theories and policy: they can become self-fulfilling or self-denying.

I blogged on the topic at http://lauchlanmackinnon.blogspot.com/2007/03/self-fulfilling-business-theories.html, which also contains some links to some great articles appyling the same principles to business theories (i.e. business theory taught at business schools changes the way business leaders and policy makers think and, thereby, changes the way business works – in a way that can be self-fulfilling or self-denying, and constructive or destructive).

On the connection with Heisenberg, I suggest having a look at Weisskopf’s 1979 paper “the method is the ideology: from a Newtonian to a Heisenbergian paradigm in economics” in Journal of Economic Issues XIII (4): 869-884.

And I agree with you that it is a major issue, perhaps even on the organisational level – I just wouldn’t have thought it would be so much of an issue in relation to specific change projects where you do you do your stakeholder analysis and attempt to anticipate how stakeholders will be likely to react to change and include those responses in planning your communication, training and implementation schedule. I would have thought it would be a bigger issue when systematic change management is _not_ used.

Regards,

Lauchlan Mackinnon

]]> By: Dr. Lauchlan A. K. Mackinnon http://www.reply-mc.com/2007/04/01/essence-of-organizational-change/comment-page-1/#comment-2532 Dr. Lauchlan A. K. Mackinnon Sun, 08 Apr 2007 00:47:00 +0000 http://reply-mc2com.accounts.combell.net/2007/04/01/essence-of-organizational-change/#comment-2532 Hi Luc,This is a fascinating topic, one that I spent quite a bit of time with for my Ph.D research. Chapter X of my thesis makes the point in relation to economic theories and policy: they can become self-fulfilling or self-denying. I blogged on the topic at http://lauchlanmackinnon.blogspot.com/2007/03/self-fulfilling-business-theories.html, which also contains some links to some great articles appyling the same principles to business theories (i.e. business theory taught at business schools changes the way business leaders and policy makers think and, thereby, changes the way business works - in a way that can be self-fulfilling or self-denying, and constructive or destructive).On the connection with Heisenberg, I suggest having a look at Weisskopf's 1979 paper "the method is the ideology: from a Newtonian to a Heisenbergian paradigm in economics" in Journal of Economic Issues XIII (4): 869-884.And I agree with you that it is a major issue, perhaps even on the organisational level - I just wouldn't have thought it would be so much of an issue in relation to specific change projects where you do you do your stakeholder analysis and attempt to anticipate how stakeholders will be likely to react to change and include those responses in planning your communication, training and implementation schedule. I would have thought it would be a bigger issue when systematic change management is _not_ used.Regards,Lauchlan Mackinnon Hi Luc,This is a fascinating topic, one that I spent quite a bit of time with for my Ph.D research. Chapter X of my thesis makes the point in relation to economic theories and policy: they can become self-fulfilling or self-denying. I blogged on the topic at http://lauchlanmackinnon.blogspot.com/2007/03/self-fulfilling-business-theories.html, which also contains some links to some great articles appyling the same principles to business theories (i.e. business theory taught at business schools changes the way business leaders and policy makers think and, thereby, changes the way business works – in a way that can be self-fulfilling or self-denying, and constructive or destructive).On the connection with Heisenberg, I suggest having a look at Weisskopf’s 1979 paper “the method is the ideology: from a Newtonian to a Heisenbergian paradigm in economics” in Journal of Economic Issues XIII (4): 869-884.And I agree with you that it is a major issue, perhaps even on the organisational level – I just wouldn’t have thought it would be so much of an issue in relation to specific change projects where you do you do your stakeholder analysis and attempt to anticipate how stakeholders will be likely to react to change and include those responses in planning your communication, training and implementation schedule. I would have thought it would be a bigger issue when systematic change management is _not_ used.Regards,Lauchlan Mackinnon

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