Research on Success History and Decline of Organizations -Comparative Case Study on Cotton Spinning Firms-

2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17H07311
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Management
• Research Institution: Kumamoto Gakuen University
• Principal Investigator: Matsuo Kenji 熊本学園大学, 商学部, 講師 (60805175)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-08-25 – 2019-03-31
• Keywords: 組織衰退 / 比較事例研究 / 鐘紡 / 東洋紡 / レトリカル・ヒストリー / 組織学習

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to clarify why and how a successful organization in the past declines. In this research, a comparative case study on Japanese cotton spinning companies was conducted. Research results are roughly classified into the following four. First, research results by refining the analysis of intentions, actions and consequences related to decision-makings in Kanebo. Second, research results by comparing Kanebo and the other spinning companies. Third, as a secondary research result, new theoretical discoveries on rhetorical history and organizational stigma. Fourth, partial elucidation of the factors which separated Kanebo's mortality and Toyobo's survival.

Free Research Field

経営学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

過去に成功を収めた組織が衰退するメカニズムについては、従来、学術的理論においても、社会一般においても、主に成功体験の慣性によって説明されてきた。本研究では、本邦における組織衰退の代表的事例である鐘紡を取り上げた事例研究を行い、組織衰退の詳細なメカニズムを解明するとともに、他の紡績企業と比較することで、組織の存否を分ける要因を探索した。本研究の成果は、組織の長期的な持続を構想していく上で意義ある知見となることが期待できる。