{"id":512,"date":"2013-03-11T10:22:36","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T14:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/ibis\/?p=512"},"modified":"2017-11-06T16:02:18","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T21:02:18","slug":"strategic-changes-should-take-context-into-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/ibis\/2013\/03\/11\/strategic-changes-should-take-context-into-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategic Changes Should Take Context Into Account"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><span class=\"has-dropcap\">I<\/span>n his January 5<sup>th<\/sup> \u201cCase in Point\u201d for the<i> Washington Post<\/i>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/strategic-changes-should-take-context-into-account\/2013\/01\/03\/7bcb967e-5394-11e2-bf3e-76c0a789346f_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cStrategic Changes Should Take Context Into Account,\u201d<\/a> Assistant Professor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.darden.virginia.edu\/web\/Faculty-Research\/Directory\/Full-time\/Bidhan-L-Parmar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bidhan &#8220;Bobby&#8221; Parmar<\/a> explains why business leaders\u2019 initiatives for change often fail.\u00a0 He demonstrates that leaders need to consider an organization\u2019s ecosystem when implementing their strategic plans.\u00a0 From reading case studies and doing consulting work, Parmar noticed similarities between the successful adoption of new organizational practices and the survival of biological distinct species in a new environment:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As an analogy, think about what determines the success of a species moving into an ecosystem. To survive, it needs food, water and a lack of such threats as predators. Successful adaptation is largely determined by the fit between the species and its new environment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Parmar\u2019s concept of organizational ecology means that instituting change requires attention to many factors that managers might not have identified as key to the success of an organizational intervention.\u00a0 Managers must also strive to have a complete understanding of the ecosystem, which requires an understanding of the relevant 1) assumptions (how stakeholders think and feel), 2) artifacts (tangible technologies, procedures, and physical spaces which shape behavior) and 3) interactions (patterns of behaviors and relationships).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/ibis\/files\/2013\/03\/Bobby1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-518\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/ibis\/files\/2013\/03\/Bobby1-300x220.png\" alt=\"Bobby\" width=\"240\" height=\"176\" 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