Archetypes of Organizational Success and Failure



Título del documento: Archetypes of Organizational Success and Failure
Revista: BAR - Brazilian Administration Review
Base de datos: CLASE
Número de sistema: 000337077
ISSN: 1807-7692
Autores: 1
Instituciones: 1Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto COPPEAD de Administracao, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil
Año:
Periodo: Abr-Jun
Volumen: 6
Número: 2
Paginación: 78-100
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Teórico, analítico
Resumen en inglés This paper presents inductive theoretical work inspired by the empirical study of the high-tech rivals General Electric and Westinghouse. Comparative historical analysis suggests that each firm’s responses to five organizational challenges have affected their chances of enjoying long-term success. In addition, the theoretical work advances two polar ideal types of organizational success and failure: the self-perpetuating and the selfdestructive archetypes, respectively. These should be seen as extreme states of the existence of firms since, in reality, firms operate in some intermediary state. A process-oriented perspective of theory building advances relations of necessity towards organizational long-term success, and integrates the responses to challenges into a requisites model for the development of a propensity for organizational self-perpetuation
Disciplinas: Administración y contaduría,
Economía
Palabras clave: Dirección y control,
Organización,
Planeación,
Empresas,
Arquetipos organizacionales,
Crecimiento empresarial,
Exito empresarial,
Construcción de teorías,
Administración de empresas
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