Introducing Organizations as Social Systems Conducting Experiments -- Introducing Organizations as Social Systems Conducting Experiments -- The experimental and social arche of organizations -- The Experimental Arche: Ashby’s Cybernetics -- The Experimental Arche Continued: Von Foerster on...

What are organizations? What is their point? How should one design successful organizations? Although these questions have been treated by many authors in many different ways, this book offers a new perspective. In a nutshell, the book combines cybernetics, social systems theory and...

This original and thought-provoking book takes a new approach to engaging with organizational theory and making sense of organizations. Consisting of seven plays written by the author, each is followed by a stimulating commentary by a noted scholar, exploring the wider contexts and values of...

In a networked world which is characterized by interactive value creation, traditional organizational boundaries loose importance in favor of processes of distributed organizing. Therefore, thinking about and designing organizations requires going beyond designing hierarchical structures and...

Bedeutung von Organisation -- Arbeiten in Gruppen und Teams -- Strukturdimensionen der Organisation -- Ablauforganisation -- Organisationsanalyse -- Organisationstheorien -- Neuere Entwicklungen der Organisation -- Change Management -- Projektmanagement.