对环境可持续性补贴的谨慎做法
Kathleen Segerson1, Stephen Polasky1, Marten Scheffer1
1Author affiliations are listed In the supplementary materials.
概括
变革需要仔细规划以避免不良的锁定. 战略设计和实施是实现可持续发展和避免路径依赖的关键.
科学领域:
- 系统科学
- 组织变革管理
背景情况:
- 在实现长期成功方面,变革性变革举措往往面临挑战.
- "锁定"的概念描述了不理想的系统或做法变得根深蒂固,阻碍了进一步的进步.
研究的目的:
- 探索在哪些条件下可以成功设计和实施转型变革.
- 确定在变化过程中减轻不良锁定风险的策略.
主要方法:
- 对变革管理理论的概念分析.
- 对大规模组织转型的案例研究进行审查.
- 开发一个分析锁定动态的框架.
主要成果:
- 通过深思熟虑的设计和实施策略,
- 特定的设计选择可以促进或防止锁定.
- 需要采取积极的措施来确保灵活性和适应性.
结论:
- 一个成功的转型变革需要专注于避免锁定.
- 战略规划和适应性实施对于可持续发展至关重要.
- 了解和管理锁定动态对于有效的变革领导力至关重要.
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