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TRANSFERRING MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES TO EASTERN EUROPE AN INSTITUTIONAL CRITIQUE

TRANSFERRING MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES TO EASTERN EUROPE AN INSTITUTIONAL CRITIQUE In this paper we question whether we know enough about organizational theorizing to be able transfer it to the Commonwealth of Independent States CIS countries. The researchers in general see that our organizational theorizing is heavily contingent on the social institutions of Western society. While we think of the CIS situation as one of political, economic, and social collapse, it is really more a matter of institutional collapse. Thus, given the contingencies noted above, it is not at all clear why we expect our organizational theories to apply to them. We propose an institutional analysis at three levels universal, contingent, and developmental. At the universal level, there is no difference between the institutions of the CIS and the West. At the contingent level, the institutional fabric differs in ways that can be accommodated. At the developmental level, the most crucial, the CIS will have to develop their own new social institutions before their economies can gather momentum. We argue that such institutions are built up as organizational teams work on unresolved problems and build up the knowledge that is gradually institutionalized outside the originating organizations. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The International Journal of Organizational Analysis Emerald Publishing

TRANSFERRING MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES TO EASTERN EUROPE AN INSTITUTIONAL CRITIQUE

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In this paper we question whether we know enough about organizational theorizing to be able transfer it to the Commonwealth of Independent States CIS countries. The researchers in general see that our organizational theorizing is heavily contingent on the social institutions of Western society. While we think of the CIS situation as one of political, economic, and social collapse, it is really more a matter of institutional collapse. Thus, given the contingencies noted above, it is not at all clear why we expect our organizational theories to apply to them. We propose an institutional analysis at three levels universal, contingent, and developmental. At the universal level, there is no difference between the institutions of the CIS and the West. At the contingent level, the institutional fabric differs in ways that can be accommodated. At the developmental level, the most crucial, the CIS will have to develop their own new social institutions before their economies can gather momentum. We argue that such institutions are built up as organizational teams work on unresolved problems and build up the knowledge that is gradually institutionalized outside the originating organizations.

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The International Journal of Organizational Analysis – Emerald Publishing

Published: Mar 1, 1993

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