Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to understand the process of large-scale organizational change in a community-based enterprise in Myanmar.

Design/methodology/approach

A qualitative case study methodology was selected to understand the phenomenon of change in a community-based enterprise in Myanmar. Data were collected over a four-week period of fieldwork through individual interviews, focus groups, observations and document collection. Data were analyzed via a modified inductive analytic strategy using constant comparative analysis.

Findings

Findings revealed the processes used in this large-scale organizational change as impacted by the national cultural dimensions of Myanmar and the social learning experienced by the participants. Learning about organization development and change and sharing that learning in the organization by its members who participated in a certificate program in organizational development designed by Payap University (Thailand) and the International Rescue Committee had a major role in the change processes. Myanmar’s high power distance and collectivist culture facilitated social learning by highlighting authority figures as role models and providing high interaction environments conducive to learning.

Originality/value

This study illuminates the change process in a community-based organization in the emerging economy of Myanmar where no roadmaps for change in these types of organizations exist. The findings of this study are transferrable to community-based organizations in emerging economies with similar national cultural characteristics and call for future case studies to understand the complexities of change in these unique organizations and environments.

中文翻译：

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缅甸社区企业的学习、发展和变革

目的

本文的目的是了解缅甸一家社区企业大规模组织变革的过程。

设计/方法/方法

选择定性案例研究方法来了解缅甸社区企业的变化现象。通过个人访谈、焦点小组、观察和文件收集，在为期四个星期的实地工作中收集了数据。使用不断比较分析，通过改进的归纳分析策略对数据进行分析。

发现

调查结果揭示了这一大规模组织变革中使用的流程，这些流程受到缅甸国家文化层面和参与者所经历的社会学习的影响。了解组织发展和变革，并分享组织成员在组织中的学习，这些成员参加了 Payap 大学（泰国）和国际救援委员会设计的组织发展证书课程，在变革过程中发挥了重要作用。缅甸的高权力距离和集体主义文化通过突出权威人物作为榜样并提供有利于学习的高度互动环境来促进社会学习。

原创性/价值

本研究阐明了缅甸新兴经济体中社区组织的变革过程，在该经济体中，这些类型的组织不存在变革路线图。本研究的结果可应用于具有相似国家文化特征的新兴经济体的社区组织，并呼吁未来开展案例研究，以了解这些独特组织和环境中变化的复杂性。