Frechette,Henry with Frank Spital, "A Model of Organizational Change", 1991
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This paper reports on the initial results of a research effort to improve the long run effectiveness of organizational changes. The literature suggests that organizations frequently experience periods of stability that are punctuated by bursts of large scale change. Our objective is to understand what causes this pattern and what policies are likely to improve organizational performance through the change process. In this paper we present a causal loop diagram of the structure or our model, and discuss the reasons for this structure. This model does reproduce the behavior of patterns to which the literature refers. In addition, we report the results of some sensitivity analyses and policy tests of the model. These results have implications for managers. Finally, we discuss the limitations of our model in its current form, and the next steps that we intend to take.