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This paper is part of the broader theme of change management studies with the view to present, in particular, the approach of managing change and innovation in terms of Stra.Tech.Man (Strategy-Technology-Management synthesis). After a brief review of the principal theoretical approaches and the main study directions in the analysis of the problem of change management, this paper examines the critical dimensions in the study of contemporary organizational change perceived in the theoretical perspective of a “living organism” as against the “mechanistic” approach to organizations. It concludes by examining change management in terms of Stra.Tech.Man, expounding and analyzing the five steps of Stra.Tech.Man as a new conceptual approach to managing change.

Change Management and Innovation in the “Living Organization”: The Stra.Tech.Man Approach

Democritus University of Thrace Panepistimioupoli

Management Dynamics in the Knowledge Economy

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This paper is part of the broader theme of change management studies with the view to present, in particular, the approach of managing change and innovation in...

Change Management and Innovation in the “Living Organization”: The Stra.Tech.Man Approach

Published Online: Feb 20, 2020

Page range: 229 - 256

Received: Mar 22, 2019

Accepted: May 29, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.25019/mdke/7.2.06

Keywords
change management, innovation, resistance to change, approach Stra.Tech.Man, business biology, business as a living organization

© 2019 Charis Vlados, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Change Management and Innovation in the “Living Organization”: The Stra.Tech.Man Approach

Published Online: Feb 20, 2020

Page range: 229 - 256

Received: Mar 22, 2019

Accepted: May 29, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.25019/mdke/7.2.06

Keywordschange management, innovation, resistance to change, approach Stra.Tech.Man, business biology, business as a living organization

© 2019 Charis Vlados, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
change management, innovation, resistance to change, approach Stra.Tech.Man, business biology, business as a living organization