The Role of Knowledge and Culture in Organizational Crises: Managing and Planning in “Interesting” Times
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-12-2008
Abstract
There has been a good deal written on the subject of dealing with organizational crises. A basic problem in much of this is a failure to provide a practical definition of just what constitutes a “crisis”, and what differentiates crises from the typical assortment of problems and situations that organizations encounter. This workshop will draw from Thomas Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions as a starting point for that definition, will proceed to the notion of organizations as communities of people who share similar knowledges (i.e., as cultures), will continue with a taxonomy of the types of change that organizations may undergo, and will conclude with a discussion of how to recognize and provide leadership in crisis situations.
Publication
The International Journal of Knowledge, Culture, and Change Management: Annual Review
Publisher
Common Ground Research Networks
Volume
8
Issue
6
Pages
1-8
Department
College of Business and Management
Recommended Citation
Cipolla, J. M., & Petroski, M. (2008). The role of knowledge and culture in organizational crises: Managing and planning in “interesting” times.The International Journal of Knowledge, Culture, and Change Management: Annual Review, 8(6), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.18848/1447-9524/CGP/v08i06/50600