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1、675031JOMXXX10.1177/0149206316675031JournalofManagementSuddaby,Foster/HistoryandOrganizationalChangeresearch-article2016JournalofManagementTheJournalofManagementinvitescommentariesonVol.43No.1,January201719–38thisGuestEditorial.Forconsideration,pleasesubmitDOI:10.11
2、77/0149206316675031tohttp://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jomasOriginal©TheAuthor(s)2016Research,including“ResponsetoSuddabyandReprintsandpermissions:Foster”inthetitle.Commentarieswillbetreatedassagepub.com/journalsPermissions.naveditorials,butwillalsobepeerreviewed.Gues
3、tEditorialHistoryandOrganizationalChangeRoySuddabyUniversityofVictoriaNewcastleUniversityWilliamM.FosterUniversityofAlbertaThisresearchcommentaryintroduceshistoricalconsciousnesstostudyingorganizationalchange.Mosttheoriesoforganizationalchangecontainwithinthemimplic
4、itassumptionsabouthistory.Madeexplicit,theseassumptionstendtoclusterintodifferentmodelsofchangethatvarybytheassumedobjectivityofthepastandtheassociatedmalleabilityofthefuture.Weexploreandelabo-ratetheimplicitassumptionsofhistory.Weidentifyfourimplicitmodelsofhistory
5、inthechangeliterature:History-as-Fact,History-as-Power,History-as-Sensemaking,andHistory-as-Rhetoric.Wediscusstheimplicationsoftheorizingorganizationalchangefromeachoftheseviewsofhistoryandoutlinefuturedirectionsforstudyingchangewithaheightenedunderstandingofhistory
6、.Keywords:change;history;power;rhetoric;sensemakingOrganizationalchangeisacentralandenduringsubjectinmanagement.Themassivegrowthinliteratureonchangepresentsanongoingchallengeformanagementscholarswhooftenmustrelyontypologiestoimposesomeformofdisciplineonwhatisincreas
7、inglyanunrulysubject.Whiletypologiesofferexcellentreviewsoftheextantliterature,theyfailtoadequatelydefinewhatismeantbytheconceptofchange.Inmuchoftheliterature,changelacks“constructclarity”(Suddaby,2010).Theunderlyingassumptionsarenotarticulated,thecontextualconditio
8、nsunderwhichitappliesarenotclear,and,often,theconceptofchangeisnotdefined.CriticssuggestthatthegreatestweaknessofchangemanagementCorrespon