Organizational Routines are Created and Changed through Relationships with People

Chapter 10 of Technical Notes on Howard-Grenville et al. (2016)

Abstract

This paper examines Chapter 10, “Relational Power, Personhood, and Organizations,” in Howard-Grenville et al. (2016). Unlike the previous chapters, Chapter 10 moves away from organizational routine theory, focusing on the perspective of process philosophy, the creativity that relational power can produce. This paper presents an overview of Chapter 10 and then discusses the similarities between the process philosophy perspective and the process school of organizational routines. The future worldview, as portrayed by the process school, is also discussed.