Convention의 관점에서 본 기업의 구조적 변화에 대한 해석

Abstract

In a Prisoners' dilemmatical situation between workers and managers in the firm, conventions help to avoid the mutually undesirable, but rational choice (ie. mutual non-cooperation) concerning labor effort and work condition. A strategic change of the firm, with a view to obtain higher performance, usually necessitates the change of conventions. Our argument based on a case study is that, when this change is perceived to be embarrassing, the coordinative structure of conventions turns into a Prisoners' dilemma. We interpret this paradoxical change by the theory of organizational learning.