Abstract
Drawing primarily from Selznick's institutionalism, we make a general case for renewed attention to the "mundane administrative arrangements" that underlie the organizational capacity for value realization and a particular case for the study of value-subverting management innovations. An empirical study of "enrollment management" in liberal arts colleges reveals this ostensibly innocuous innovation's value-undermining effects and identifies the organizational and environmental factors that have made these venerable organizations more or less susceptible to its adoption.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1521-1545 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| Journal | Academy of Management Journal |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 1 2010 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Business and International Management
- General Business, Management and Accounting
- Strategy and Management
- Management of Technology and Innovation