Organizational coherence as a generative condition for results: a theoretical proposal from latin america
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organizational coherence, strategic management, leadership, organizational culture, organizational energyAbstract
This article proposes the Theory of Organizational Coherence as an explanatory framework for performance in Latin American organizations. Through a selective narrative review of dominant management models, namely Drucker, Collins, Leinwand and Mainardi, Kotter, Senge and Bruch, four theoretical gaps are identified: the absence of an integrative model of the four organizational pillars; the absence of an explanation of results as emergent phenomena; the absence of a proprietary diagnostic system; and the absence of an organizational school of thought from Latin America. The HN Organizational Core is constructed, the General Equation is formulated (Organizational Result = Resources × Coherence) and eight pathologies of incoherence are identified. Three qualitative cases provide illustrative support. Five falsifiable propositions for future research are derived.
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