What is an Organization?

Ole Thyssen
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Ole Thyssen: Copenhagen Business School

Chapter 4 in Business Ethics and Organizational Values, 2009, pp 45-61 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The question ‘what is an organization’ often leads to a kind of embarrassment: everyone knows the answer, but it is difficult to find the right words to describe it. As a point of departure it might be agreed that an organization is a system. That just does not get us very far — a system of what? Hesitant suggestions might come up: a system of people or a system of things. Obviously, an organization needs to be populated, and even though virtual organizations exist without a tight connection to any place or objects, they still have to involve things: buildings, furniture, computers, telephones and fax machines. Even though the Internet is immaterial, it is inconceivable without material objects.

Keywords: Business Ethic; Functional System; Moral Dilemma; Virtual Organization; Psychic System (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230250932_4

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