Autopoiesis in Organization Theory and Practice
Author | : Rodrigo Magalhaes |
Publisher | : Emerald Group Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009-11-02 |
ISBN-10 | : 1848558325 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781848558328 |
Rating | : 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Download or read book Autopoiesis in Organization Theory and Practice written by Rodrigo Magalhaes and published by Emerald Group Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2009-11-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers the potential of autopoiesis theory to provide an alternate unifying framework for the study of organizations as systems and of organizational phenomena as emergent phenomena. This title includes papers that integrate open systems theory with the pioneering work of Maturana and Varela (1980, 1992) on autopoiesis in biological systems.