Abstracts
Résumé
Ce texte cherche à dissiper la confusion qui s’est installée dans les publications sur la gestion et les organisations à propos des concepts de changement organisationnel, d’adaptation et de transformation. Il approfondit la nature de la transformation organisationnelle considérée sous l’angle du contenu du changement. Il examine la conception radicale du changement qui est accolée à la transformation, considérée en tant que processus, et que véhicule un courant de pensée sur le changement organisationnel. Le propos est illustré par quelques travaux portant sur les universités. La démarche est l’occasion de remettre en question les présupposés de certaines théories des organisations et de soulever quelques questions d’une grande importance pour le choix de stratégies de transformation des universités.
Abstract
This article aims to clarify the confusion that has developed in publications describing management and organizations as they deal with concepts of organizational change, adaptation and transformation. The author discusses the nature of organizational transformation from the perspective of the content of change. He then examines a radical conception of change that is linked to transformation, considered as a process, and one that leads to a theory of organisational change. These ideas are illustrated by several studies on universities. This procedure allows the author to question the assumptions of certain theories of organizations and to raise very important questions regarding the choice of strategies for transforming universities.
Resumen
Este texto busca disipar la confusión que se ha instalado en las publicaciones sobre la gestión y en las organizaciones respecto de los conceptos de cambio organizativo, de adaptación y de transformación. Profundiza la naturaleza de la transformación organizativa considerada bajo el ángulo del contenido del cambio. Examina la concepción radical del cambio que se ha asociado a la transformación, considerada en tanto que proceso y que vehicula una corriente de pensamiento particular sobre el cambio organizativo. El propósito es ilustrado por algunos trabajos realizados sobre las universidades. El estudio permite cuestionar los supuestos de ciertas teorías de las organizaciones y poner en evidencia algunas cuestiones de gran importancia para la elección de estrategias de transformación en las universidades.
Zusammenfassung
Dieser Text will Klarheit schaffen angesichts der Begriffsverwirrung in zahlreichen Veröffentlichungen zum Thema Organisationelle Veränderungen, Anpassung und Transformation im verwaltungstechnischen und institutionellen Bereich. Der Beitrag will das Wesen organisationeller Veränderungen näher bestimmen und zwar unter dem Blickwinkel der Inhalte. Er will darüber hinaus den radikalen Veränderungsbegriff überprüfen, der häufig mit dem Transformationsprozess identifiziert wird und mit einer bestimmten Denkweise im Bereich organisationeller Veränderungen verbunden ist. Das Konzept des Autors wird an Hand einiger Arbeiten über die Universitäten illustriert. Dabei wird zugleich der hypothetische Charakter bestimmter Organisationstheorien heraus-gestellt. Darüber hinaus werden Fragen aufgeworfen, die sich bei der Auswahl der Transformationsstrategien im universitä-ren Bereich als wichtig erweisen könnten.
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