Evolution as a Success Factor: Initiating Permanent Change

Thomas Lauer
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Thomas Lauer: Aschaffenburg University of Applied Sciences

Chapter 14 in Change Management, 2021, pp 215-244 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Evolution refers to change in small steps. By permanently adapting to changing environmental conditions, crises should be avoided or the loss of productivity that accompanies any change should be contained. Decisive for the ability to change in small steps is the establishment of an organization’s ability to learn and change. In doing so, it is possible to learn from the mechanisms of natural evolution by analogy. Innovation, diversity, and decentralization, for example, are principles derived from this, which form a company into a learning organization. However, it is not only important to formally establish these principles, but also to create a culture of trial and error, openness to new ideas, cooperation, and fault tolerance.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-62187-5_14

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