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Mohr’s 100 Theories of Organizational Change

Mohr’s 100 Theories of Organizational Change. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Basic Premises. There are no universal laws governing human behavior It is impossible to specify the conditions under which such laws would apply. There are no universal laws governing human behavior

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Mohr’s 100 Theories of Organizational Change

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  1. Mohr’s 100 Theories of Organizational Change The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

  2. Basic Premises • There are no universal laws governing human behavior • It is impossible to specify the conditions under which such laws would apply

  3. There are no universal laws governing human behavior It is impossible to specify the conditions under which such laws would apply There are no probability- based laws governing human behavior Probability parameters cannot be held stable over populations and time periods Parameters are variable and unpredictable Argument

  4. Implications for Theory of Innovation • In studies of leadership and innovation explanations must be unique and not generalizable beyond the population and point in time. • Each study of individual or group behavior is history bound • Thus explanatory research has to be historical and should impart understanding of the past

  5. Review of different types of theories of innovation • Failure to pursue the requirement of understanding except at the most abstract level. A black box links inputs to outputs. Generalizations can only be universal and not creative. • Pursuit of general laws dominates the research • Process based innovation theories have fared better • Good abstract models have not been carefully applied. We get broad understandings but not insight into particular cases

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