The Social “arche,” Organizations as Social Systems: Luhmann

Jan Achterbergh () and Dirk Vriens ()
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Jan Achterbergh: Radboud University Nijmegen
Dirk Vriens: Radboud University Nijmegen

Chapter Chapter 4 in Organizations, 2010, pp 117-166 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In the previous chapters, we explored the first organizational “arche,” i.e., we discussed organizations as conducting risky experiments with meaningful survival. We based this discussion on insights taken from first- and second-order cybernetics.

Keywords: Organizational Member; Related Element; Communication Pathway; Prior Decision; Autopoietic System (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-14316-8_4

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