Using Activity Analysis to Identify Individual and Group Behavioral Constraints to Organizational Change Management

Abstract

This article looks at the constraining influence of internal organizational factors on the management of organizational change. The purpose of the study was to determine the individual and group behavioral-induced situational problems, conflicts and tensions that change managers can identify and also use as innovative tools to enhance their capacity to manage organizational change. Individual and group behavioral factors that constrained the implementation and internalization of a best management practice model in an organization were examined. It is argued that in the organizational change process, the inability of change managers to simultaneously identify the development of situational problems, such as conflicts and tensions induced by individual and group based behaviours, and exploiting them as tools to enhance management innovation, is a significant constraint. It is concluded that; by continuously examining individual and group based mediated actions, managers can understand, identify, isolate and manage situational problems in future implementation and internalization of new practices models in their organizations.

A Co-Word Analysis of Organizational Constraints for Maintaining Sustainability

“…In fact, organizations can also be constrained by institutions and groups, e.g., organizational choices and investment decisions [42], and the performance of Spanish car dealerships [43] can be determined by institutional constraints. The implementation and internalization of a best management practice model in an organization can be constrained by group behavioral factors (i.e., conflicts and tensions) [44]. Teams are also closely related to organizational constraints such as decision-making behaviors of team players can be shaped by changes in practice task constraints [45], and teamwork engagement during deployment can moderate the relationship between organizational constraints and post-deployment fatigue symptoms [46].…”