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Niklas Luhmann and Organization Studies.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Frederiksberg :
Samfundslitteratur,
2006.
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| Colección: | Advances in organization studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Niklas Luhmann and Organization Studies; Copyright; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Luhmann's Organization Theory; Some important aspects of Luhmann's theory; The reception of Luhmann's work on an international level; The structure of Luhmann's oeuvre; The contents of this book; PART I: The Theory of Autopoietic Social Systems; Chapter 1: The Basic Concepts of Luhmann's Theory of Social Systems; The concept of autopoiesis; a. The original biological concept of autopoiesis; b. Luhmann's general, transdisciplinary concept of autopoiesis; Social systems.
- A. Communications as the elements of social systemsb. Interpenetration: the relation between social and psychic systems; c. Communication and action; Society and interaction; a. Society; b. Interaction; Organization; a. Decisions as the elements of organizations; b. Uncertainty absorption; c. Decision premises; d. The double closure of the organization; e. The paradox of decision at the heart of Luhmann's organization theory; Luhmann's theory of social systems as a theory of distinction; a. Observation as basic concept; b. Autopoietic systems as distinction processing systems; Conclusion.
- Chapter 2:The Concept of AutopoiesisAcknowledgements; Chapter 3:The Autopoiesis of Social Systems; Meaning and life as different modes of autopoietic organization; Communications as the basic elements of social systems; Societies and interactions as different types of social systems; The relation between action and communication; Maintenance of social systems by self-referential production of elements; The contribution of the general theory of autopoietic systems; The epistemological consequences of autopoietic closure; Acknowledgements; PART II: Organization, Decision and Paradox.
- Chapter 4: The Paradox of Decision MakingWhat are "decisions"?; On the function of paradoxes; Unfolding the paradox; Decision premises; Uncertainty absorption; Rationality and motivation; Perception and communication; From principle to paradox; Acknowledgements; Chapter 5: Displacing the Paradox of Decision Making; Key concepts; A self-referential organization emerges; Deparadoxization and uncertainty (1); Increasing areas for decision making, increasing uncertainty; Complexity; The simultaneous existence of opposite decision premises; Changing decisions; Summing up; Displacements.
- Deparadoxization by reasonsDeparadoxization by hearings; Deparadoxization by changing decision-proposals; Deparadoxization and uncertainty (2); Why displacements?; Reforms and self-reference; Conclusion; Chapter 6: On Gorgon Sisters: Organizational Action in the Face of Parad; Protecting paradoxes; Organizing as deparadoxization; When deparadoxization does not work, or the tragedy of action; Slaying the Medusa, or the manager-hero; Observers of institutions: Paradoxes and organization theory; PART III: Organization, Interaction and Society; Chapter 7: Organization and Interaction.