Autopoiesis in organization theory and practice

• Other Authors: Magalhães, Rodrigo, 1950-, Sanchez, Ron.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2009.
• Series: Advanced series in management ; v. 6.
• Subjects: Business & Economics > Organizational Behavior.; Organizational theory & behaviour.; Management & management techniques.; Organizational sociology.; Autopoiesis.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781848558335 (electronic bk.) :
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 302 p.) : ill.

"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...