以跳躍均衡理論探討工研院組織變革

Organizational Transformation as Punctuated Equilibrium：A Case Study of ITRI

鄭楹華(Ying-Hua Cheng)

指導教授 ： 洪世章

國立清華大學/科技管理學院/科技管理研究所/碩士(2007年)

摘要

組織理論把社會性的組織視為有生命的有機體，不僅會成長而且會死亡，一個組織為了在行為社會大環境中求生存，必須因應外在環境的改變，不斷進行局部或整體的調整。
　　組織變革是一個由「穩定狀態」變成「不穩定狀態」再轉為「穩定狀態」的過程。當內外在因素對組織的現狀產生不滿時，便會對組織形成一股推或拉的力量，造成組織內部的緊張與不穩定，當緊張或不穩定的狀況超過某一限度之後，將造成組織的瓦解。為了消除過度緊張與不穩定的狀態，組織本身必須進行調整，直到緊張或不穩定的狀況得到舒緩為止。
　　工研院成立以來，一直扮演著產業界的好夥伴，以科技研發提升產業的競爭力；然而隨著經濟環境變遷，工研院必須集中力量強化跨領域整合，勇敢投入更未來、更具差異化的新科技，才能超越過去，為產業開創新的經濟發展契機。
　　本論文研究檢視工研院三十年來組織變化，以跳躍均衡理論（Punctuated Equilibrium Theory）來探討工研院歷年組織發展及歷次組織變革。
關鍵詞：工研院、組織變革、跳躍均衡理論、單一個案研究

關鍵字

工研院 ； 組織變革 ； 跳躍均衡理論 ； 單一個案研究

並列摘要

Organizational Behavior theories regard social organization as an organism that will grow up and pass away. In order to exist in the social environment, organizations have to change partial or whole according to external or internal environment
The stage of organizational transformation is following the process：stable turn into instable than turn into stable. When external and internal environment have dissatisfied with organization, they will bring pressures to make organization filling with nervous and instable. Once nervous and instable over bounds, they will disintegrate organization. In order to eliminate nervous and instable, organization must adjust itself until the situation go down.
From the beginning of ITRI established, ITRI always is good partner of industrial circles and focus on technology innovation to increase the competition ability. Due to the change of economical environment, ITRI needs to focus on cross-field integration; puts more efforts on research and development to invent new technology; creates new opportunity for economic growth .
This paper surveys the organization changes of ITRI from beginning to the present, uses the Punctuated Equilibrium Theory to study the key point of successful organizational transformation.
Keyword：ITRI, Organizational Transformation, Punctuated Equilibrium Theory, Single Case Study

並列關鍵字

ITRI ； Organizational Transformation ； Punctuated Equilibrium Theory ； Single Case Study

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