ABSTRACT
Influences from virtually all directions impact the way an organization operates. Emery and Trist (1994) suggest that organizational change is difficult to study, primarily because of the constantly changing environment in which organizations exist. The driving forces of change vary often as a result of external influences (Dromgoole and Mullins 2000). Moreover, organizations while increasing their complexity are also under pressure to incorporate the latest management techniques and field practices (Emery and Trist 1994). This process of changing to meet the requirements of the external environment in order to receive funding, to meet legislative requirements, and other related issues forces the organization into a state of constant flux and confusion. The organization changes in terms of complexity to meet the demands of the environment, and the environment changes, which again impacts the organization. Therefore, organizations and the environment in which they operate are compelled into a continuous relationship of interdependence that Emery and Trist (1994) term causal texture.
