What is the connection to the Demers' model with real public decisions of the First Period - Adaption or Selection - 1945-1979

Behavioral Implications Time 1950s 1960s 1970s Organic Organizations CHANGE is gradual, Adaptation are political - EMERGENT. arenas and symbolic systems. From constrained managerial voluntarism to pure voluntarism Rational Organizations CHANGE is progressive, Adaptation are equilibrium- -> cumulative, ADAPTIVE, Internal determinism and seeking and DELIBERATE. Life Cycle rational systems. Population Organizations CHANGE is difficult, Ecology are inertial. DANGEROUS ORGANIZATIONS are -> Environmental determinism SELECTED by the environment. New Organizations CHANGE is the result Institutionalism are symbolic of IMITATION Environmental determinism systems. ORGANIZATIONS conform to norms and standards. Figure I.1 First Period: Adaptation or Selection? Adapted from Demers, p. 3 and p. 41