Autopoiesis in organization theory and practice

"Autopoiesis in Organization Theory and Practice" considers the potential of autopoiesis theory to provide a new unifying framework for the study of organizations as systems and of organizational phenomena as emergent phenomena. The papers in this volume integrate open systems theory with...

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Other Authors Magalhães, Rodrigo, 1950-, Sanchez, Ron
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2009.
SeriesAdvanced series in management ; v. 6.
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Table of Contents:
  • ch. 1. Autopoiesis theory and organization : an overview / Rodrigo Magalhães, Ron Sanchez
  • ch. 2. Outlining the terrain of autopoietic theory / John Brocklesby
  • ch. 3. Overcoming autopoiesis : an enactive detour on the way from life to society / Ezequiel A. Di Paolo
  • ch. 4. Innovation and organization : an overview from the perspective of Luhmann's autopoiesis / Tore Bakken, Tor Hernes, Eric Wiik
  • ch. 5. Autopoiesis and organizations : a biological view of social system change and methods for their study / Chris Goldspink, Robert Kay
  • ch. 6. Autopoiesis and critical social systems thoery / Christian Fuchs, Wolfgang Hofkirchner
  • ch. 7. Productive misunderstandings between organization science and organization practice : the science-practice relation from the perspective of Niklas Luhmann's theory of autopoietic systems / David Seidl
  • ch. 8. Plugging the theoretical gaps : how autopoietic theory can contribute to process-based organizational research / John Brocklesby
  • ch. 9. An autopoietic understanding of 'innovative organization' / Tore Bakken, Tor Hernes, Eric Wiik
  • ch. 10. Information in organizations : rethinking the autopoietic account / Ian Beeson
  • ch. 11. Autopoiesis and the evolution of information systems / Marleen Huysman, Heico van der Blonk, Edu Spoor
  • ch. 12. The autopoiesis of organizational knowledge, learning, and memory / Steffen Blaschke
  • ch. 13. Autopoiesis : building a bridge between knowledge management and complexity / Robert Kay, Chris Goldspink
  • ch. 14. Autopoiesis as the foundation for knowledge management / Paul Parboteeah, Thomas W. Jackson, Gillian Ragsdell
  • ch. 15. Autonomous cooperation : a way to implement autopoietic characteristics into complex adaptive logistic systems? / Michael Hülsmann, Bernd Scholz-Reiter, Philip Cordes, Linda Austerschulte, Christoph de Beer, Christine Wycisk
  • ch. 16. The autopoiesis of decisions in school organizations : conditions and consequences / Raf Vanderstraeten.