Journal of Organizational Change Management: Volume 26 Issue 5

A theoretical framework of organizational change

Gabriele Jacobs, Arjen van Witteloostuijn, Jochen Christe‐Zeyse

Organizational change is a risky endeavour. Most change initiatives fall short on their goals and produce high opportunity and process costs, which at times outweigh the content…

The role of macro context for the link between technological and organizational change

P. Saskia Bayerl, Gabriele Jacobs, Sebastian Denef, Roelof J. van den Berg, Nico Kaptein, Kamal Birdi, Fabio Bisogni, Damien Cassan, Pietro Costanzo, Mila Gascó, Kate Horton, Theo Jochoms, Stojanka Mirceva, Katerina Krstevska, Ad van den Oord, Catalina Otoiu, Rade Rajkovchevski, Zdenko Reguli, Sofie Rogiest, Trpe Stojanovski, Michal Vit, Gabriel Vonas

Technology is an important driver of organizational change and often strategically used to facilitate adaptations in organizational processes and cultures. While the link between…

Policing opportunities and threats in Europe

Arjan van den Born, Arjen van Witteloostuijn, Melody Barlage, Saraï Sapulete, Ad van den Oord, Sofie Rogiest, Nathalie Vallet, Zdenko Reguli, Michal Vit, Christian Mouhanna, Damien Cassa, Henriette Binder, Vivian Blumenthal, Jochen Christe‐Zeyse, Stefanie Giljohann, Mario Gruschinske, Hartwig Pautz, Susanne Stein‐Müller, Fabio Bisogni, Pietro Costanzo, Trpe Stojanovski, Stojanka Mirceva, Katerina Krstevska, Rade Rajkovcevski, Mila Stamenova, Saskia Bayerl, Kate Horton, Gabriele Jacobs, Theo Jochoms, Gert Vogel, Daniela Andrei, Adriana Baban, Sofia Chirica, Catalina Otoiu, Lucia Ratiu, Claudia Rus, Mihai Varga, Gabriel Vonas, Victoria Alsina, Mila Gascó, Kerry Allen, Kamal Birdi, Kathryn Betteridge, Rebecca Casey, Leslie Graham, László Pólos

This paper aims to take stock and to increase understanding of the opportunities and threats for policing in ten European countries in the Political, Economic, Social…

Computerized class management software: teachers' views and assessment

Nirit Raichel

This article seeks to present two main issues: educational staff assessment of changes in their work resulting from the introduction of class and school management software; and…

Impact of group dynamics on eservice implementation: A qualitative analysis of Australian public sector organisational change

Chowdhury Hossan, Christopher Dixon, David Brown

The purpose of this article is to re‐appraise the significance of Lewin's group dynamics theory empirically in the context of technology related change in local government.

How top management team diversity fosters organizational ambidexterity: The role of social capital among top executives

Ci‐Rong Li

Premised on the information‐processing perspective, this paper attempts to examine whether diverse top management team can simultaneously pursue contradictory innovations.

Tailoring model in reforming police organizations towards community policing

Sefer Yilmaz

This paper aims to suggest that a police organization should prefer change management approaches and methods that would not only lead the organization towards an effective…

The Owl of Minerva and the ICT driven change (ICT=Information and Communication Technologies) (editorial reflections on mid-2013)

Slawek Magala