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EVOLUTION OR TRANSFORMATION: A CRITIQUE AND ALTERNATIVE TO PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM.

Benyamin M. Bergmann Lichtenstein

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This paper analyzes punctuated equilibrium theory from evolutionary biology and its analogies to organizational transformation. The published results of punctuated equilibrium theorists are reanalyzed using self-organization theory. This alternative model offers the same image of transformative change--stasis punctuated by rapid system transformation--yet lluminates more complexity than punctuated equilibrium.

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Key concepts: Punctuated equilibrium, Transformative learning, Transformation (genetics), Epistemology, Sociology, Mathematical economics, Economics, Evolutionary biology