Modes of Firm Development: Organisational Change

Johannes Rüegg-Stürm
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Johannes Rüegg-Stürm: University of St. Gallen

Chapter 8 in The New St. Gallen Management Model, 2005, pp 65-71 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract These days, executives often lament the inevitability of change, yet, paradoxically, change is in fact a prerequisite for stability, as the famous cybernetic expert Ross Ashby (1956/1970) had already clearly demonstrated years ago with the example of riding in a straight line on a bicycle. He showed that fixing the handlebars of a bicycle would always quickly result in the cyclists falling, because he would be prevented from adjusting his bicycle to the large or small bumps along the way.

Keywords: Organisational Change; Fundamental Change; Technical Dimension; Strategic Change; Process Architecture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230505162_8

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