Book chapter
Landscape Models of Complex Change
The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Change and Innovation, pp 555-580
20 May 2021
Abstract
This chapter reviews recent advances in the NK modeling literature conceptualizing organizational change and innovation as a search over a complex landscape. It discusses both strengths and limitations of this perspective and delineates potential for future research directions. The key argument is that the NK model in its traditional form may be exhausting the theoretical insights that it can provide to the field. However, substantial modifications and extensions of the NK model or new classes of landscape models may provide fresh perspectives. Specifically, we consider the modeling efforts that endogenize the landscape construction as the next frontier in this literature. We also discuss several recent studies that incorporate various extensions of the NK model and allow for agent-driven changes to the landscape.
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Details
- Title
- Landscape Models of Complex Change
- Creators
- Martin Ganco - University of Wisconsin–MadisonDaniel Albert - Drexel University
- Contributors
- Marshall Scott Poole (Editor) - University of Illinois at Urbana ChampaignAndrew H Van de Ven (Editor) - University of Minnesota
- Publication Details
- The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Change and Innovation, pp 555-580
- Series
- Oxford Handbooks
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 26
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Management
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85131478085
- Other Identifier
- 991019173537004721