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- Title
Organizational Transformation Through Architecture and Design.
- Authors
Cameron, Kim S.
- Abstract
The article illustrates the relationship between architecture and design and transformational change in school management. Physical space and physical surroundings can have significant impact on the attitudes and behaviors of individuals. Physical structures are particularly important in reflecting organizational values and culture and they may even be used to facilitate organizational change. In this article, the design process related to the Peter B. Lewis Campus at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is used as an illustration of the relationship between architecture and design and transformational change in a school of management. On the arrival of the author at CWRU as dean of the Weatherhead School of Management, architect Frank Gehry had already been commissioned to design a new building for the management school. Part of the author's excitement in accepting that position was what he viewed as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work with the world's most famous living architect and, more especially, to use his controversial creation to initiate change in the school.
- Subjects
ORGANIZATIONAL change; ARCHITECTURE; BUILDINGS; GEHRY, Frank O., 1929-; MANAGEMENT
- Publication
Journal of Management Inquiry, 2003, Vol 12, Issue 1, p88
- ISSN
1056-4926
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1056492602250522