ORGANIZATION

AL
ADAPTATION
BUREROS | DUMANON | CAYANONG | TAN
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 ORGANIZATIONAL ADAPTATION

Definition

Organizations, in whole or in
part,transform their structures
or procedures to cope with a
changing environment.
IMPORTANCE OF
ORGANIZATIONAL
ADAPTATION
Technology
Customer Needs
The Economy
Growth Opportunities
Challenging the Status Q
uo
 TECHNOLOGY

Change that results from the adopti

onof new technology is common i
n most organizations and ultimately
the change tends to increase prod
uctivity and service.
 CUSTOMER NEEDS

Customer needs change and grow

, creating new demand for new typ
es ofproducts and services. This al
so opens up new areas of opportu
nity for companies to meet those n
eeds.
 THE ECONOMY

Whether there is strong or weak e

conomy, companies adapt to maint
ain a strong brand and strong relat
ionships with customers as well as
employees.
 GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES

Organizational adaptation allow em

ployees to learn new skills, explor
e new opportunities and exercise th
eir creativity in ways that ultimately
benefit the organization through ne
w ideas and increased commitme
nt.
 CHALLENGING THE STATUS QUO

Organizations benefit from change

that results in new ways of looking
at customer needs, new ways of d
elivering customer service, new wa
ys of strengthening customer inter
actions and new products that mi
ght attract new markets.
THEORIES IN
ORGANIZATIONAL
ADAPTATION
Population Ecology
Institution Theory
Strategic Choice Perspec
tive
Organizational Learning
Theory
THEORIES IN
ORGANIZATIONAL
ADAPTATION
 POPULATION ECOLOGY

The individual organizations are su

bject to strong inertial pressures, so
they create unsuccessful change
s in their structures and strategies;
facing the threats presented by the
environment.
 POPULATION ECOLOGY

Causes of Structural Inerti

a
Internal Factors
External Factors
 POPULATION ECOLOGY

The portion of the environment stud

ied by population ecology is an eco
logical niche consisting of the res
ource pool upon which a group of
competitors depends.
 POPULATION ECOLOGY

Variation Selection Retention

 INSTITUTIONAL THEORY

Concerned with how organizations

adapt to forces from their institutio
nal environment and particularly h
ow organizations do so in order to
maintain legitimacy.
 INSTITUTIONAL THEORY

An organization is institutionalized
by the following contexts:

1. Technical, economic and physica

l
2. Social, cultural, legal or political
 INSTITUTIONAL THEORY

1. COERCIVE

INSTITUTIONAL 2. NORMATIVE
PRESSURES 3. MIMETIC
INSTITUTIONAL THEORY

Source: www.unc.edu
 INSTITUTIONAL THEORY

Organizations also may adopt parti

cular elements in order to appear n
ormative within a field and also as
a strategy for dealing with uncertain
ty by imitating those perceived as t
he most successful in their particu
lar field.
 STRATEGIC CHOICE PERSPECTIVE

Not only do organizations adapt to

a changing environment, but they a
lso have the opportunity and pow
er to reshape their environment.
 STRATEGIC CHOICE PERSPECTIVE

Describes the role that leaders or l

eading groups play in influencing
an organization through making ch
oices in a dynamic political proces
s.
 ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING THEORY

An organization adjusts defensivel

y to a changing environment and u
ses knowledge offensively to impro
ve thefit between itself and its envi
ronment.
ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING THEORY
ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING THEORY

1. Technical
VIEWS
2. Social
ADVANTAGES OF
ORGANIZATIONAL
ADAPTATION
Organizational capabilities to attain
adaptive advantage
Signal Advantage
Experimentation Advantage
System Advantage
Organizational Advantage
Ecosocial Advantage
 Signal Advantage

This is the ability to read and act o

n change signals. A company must
have its antennae tuned to signals,
decode them, and quickly act to r
efine or reinvent its business model
and even reshape the information l
andscape of its industry.
 Experimentation Advantage

This is the ability to experiment rap

idly and economically to learn ne
w and better ways of coping with c
hange.
 System Advantage

This is the ability to harness the div

ersity and adaptive potential of mult
i-company ecosystems which invol
ves using an array of new approac
hes and technologies.
 Organizational Advantage

This is the ability to organize in way

s that promote adaptation, includin
g enhancing knowledge flow, dive
rsity, risk taking, collaboration, a
nd flexibility.
 Ecosocial Advantage

This is the ability to continuously ad

apt the business model to changes
in the ecological, social, and eco
nomic spheres over both the short
and long-term.
DISADVANTAGES OF
ORGANIZATIONAL
ADAPTATION
Lack of direction
Higher costs
Internal resistance
Decreased productivity and satisfa
ction
Damaged relationships
References
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