Governance in the Participative Organisation: Freedom, Creativity and Ethics
Organizations in changing environments need to become flexible, responsive and participative. We develop an understanding of governance in these organizations by drawing analogies between organization theory and theories of non-linear dynamics. We identify freedom and creativity as driving principle...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer
1999
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| In: |
Journal of business ethics
Year: 1999, Volume: 21, Issue: 2, Pages: 173-188 |
| Further subjects: | B
chaos theory
B Participation B Integration B open systems B Organizational Change B Governance B Differentiation B Freedom B Creativity |
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| Summary: | Organizations in changing environments need to become flexible, responsive and participative. We develop an understanding of governance in these organizations by drawing analogies between organization theory and theories of non-linear dynamics. We identify freedom and creativity as driving principles in 'chaotic' participative organizations, and explore the ethics of their exercise within organizational communities of practice, communities of discernment and communities of commitment. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-0697 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1023/A:1006250627410 |