Theories of Organizational Change and Technology Transfer

Abstract

How do you change organizations, systems, or work processes? This key question by researchers and practitioners involves the theories of organizational change and the key components of the change process. Over the last 2 decades, a number of frameworks have been articulated that focus on the important ingredients in the change process. In this chapter, these frameworks are described and the key components of change models are identified. The concept of Technology Transfer is defined as a tool to import innovation into an organization, regardless of the size or shape of the organization. Beginning with Everett Rogers and culminating in recent advances in developing frameworks for change models, we detail the different models and their core components.