The Radical Decision

Radical change, a fundamental change in the way people make sense of their surroundings, occurs on individual level, on organizational level but also on the level of larger systems such as industries and the societies as a whole. Hruška describes types of radical change and deals with the question of idiosyncratic radicalism. By distinguishing between the leader’s perspective and the status quo organizational perspective, Hruška identifies four types of arenas of change implementation: radical, navigated, leaderless and adaptive organizations. Finally, Hruška examines the four phases of the process of radical decision making and radical organizational change: construction of leader’s mental model, search for the new governing metaphor, radical decision taking and rhetoric of radical change.