The origins of organizational routines: A study of the dispositions of entrepreneurs in start-ups
Hosted by GROE - Chaired by Dr Francesca Gagliardi - Speaker is Dr Denise Dollimore
W040 Law Court Building
About the event
Event type: Seminar
An enduring conceptual construct in strategy and organisation studies the organisational routine is widely conceived as the source of both stability and adaptability in business organisations. However there has been minimal research on the micro-foundations of organisational capabilities and their determinants and a fully compelling theoretical account of the origins of routines has yet to be achieved.
In a modern evolutionary approach informed by the replicator-interactor framework and conceptualization of habits and routines as social replicators, this study focuses on the behavioural dispositions or ‘habit systems’ of entrepreneurs in start-up enterprises. Consistent with recent research in psychology preliminary findings suggest that organisational routines emerge from individual habits and furthermore that like routines habits can, with conscious thought, be changed.
The paper contributes to our understanding of entrepreneurship and the origins and development of organisational routines. It offers insights on the extent to which and how habits and routines might be changed and considers the role of habits and routines in organisational structure and change.