Structural inertia and organizational change¶
Hannan, M. T., & Freeman, J. (1984). Structural inertia and organizational change. American Sociological Review, 49(2), 149-164.
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- Adaptation
- A system must adapt faster than its environment changes, but not so fast that it responds to noise.
This sourceDevelops structural inertia as a property selected for in organizational populations, explaining the timing of and resistance to change — the structural-inertia rate that gates how fast organizations can adapt.
- A system must adapt faster than its environment changes, but not so fast that it responds to noise.
- Institutional Lag
- Naming institutional lag explicitly distinguishes it from Culture Lag and other neighboring concepts, focusing analysis on formal rule systems rather than informal norms or broader systemic constraints, mirroring the distinction Hannan and Freeman (1984) draw between selection pressure and structural inertia in organizational populations.
This sourceCanonical organizational-ecology paper: develops structural inertia as a property selected for in organizational populations, explaining why formal rule-systems resist change even when external conditions shift rapidly.
- Naming institutional lag explicitly distinguishes it from Culture Lag and other neighboring concepts, focusing analysis on formal rule systems rather than informal norms or broader systemic constraints, mirroring the distinction Hannan and Freeman (1984) draw between selection pressure and structural inertia in organizational populations.
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