How does that conception differ from other ideas about organizational change?
Planned change models assume managers deliberately initiate and implement changes (force field analysis, contingency theori, innovation theories,). It is criticized as a discrete event separate from ongoing processes or organizing, and too much emphasis on manager’s rationality. Technological imperitive models assume that technology is the main driver, and managers have little imput. Adoption of technologies creates predicatable changes in organizations. This model undermines proactive change ideas. The model is also incompatible with the customization available by end-users. Punctuated equilibrium models assume change is rapid, episodic, and radical. Situated change sees incremental changes that occur gradually. How is it related to what has been called here an ecological conception of change? Situated change is an evolutionary change. An environmental disturbance (variant) causes slow, emergent adaptation. New practices are tried (variants) and those practices best suited to the new
