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second-order change

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second-order change,
a change that alters the system itself.


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A focus upon second-order change enables an organization to eliminate the "status quo," a consequence that first-order change is unable to accomplish (Bartunek & Moch, 1987, p.
Anyone who has dealt with the implications of what is perceived as a second-order change knows that people feel their sense of well-being is diminished (culture), that communication has broken down and the leader is less accessible than usual (communication), that their world has become disordered (order) or that they have lost their voice (input).
This will incalculably effect the lives, aspirations and pleasure of millions more than, say, the second-order changes proposed for the governance of the European Union in the EU Reform Treaty.
 
 
 
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