The Structural Characteristics, Internal Interference and Change Process of Organizational Routines

Abstract

Abstract: Research on the organizational routines has become a front and focus subject in the related fields. According to existing theoretical researches, we depict the basic constitution and internal feature of organizational routines and analyze its change rule. Based on the analysis of individual behavior, this paper simulates different change processes of routines by mean of multi-agent artificial society modeling. The results indicate that when the organizational environmental change reaches to a high accumulation with very low rate, radical change of routine may happen suddenly. When the organizational environment compel individuals to change their existing routines, gradual replacement of current behavior has advantage over the radical change if the coupling in routine system is tight. Cognitive codified artifacts can intensify the path lock-in or prompt some radical changes, depending on the implementation mode. Organizational socialization once gets started, the path of routine evolution will narrow and situation of coexistence of different behaviors will terminate.

Key words: organizational routines, change process, multi-agent artificial society, interior structure

Mi Jie, Lin Runhui, Qu Jiaojiao. The Structural Characteristics, Internal Interference and Change Process of Organizational Routines[J]. Management Review, 2022, 34(6): 243-256.

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