The Project-Based Company as an Autopoietic Knowledge System

Kaj U. Koskinen

Chapter 10 in Autopoietic Knowledge Systems in Project-Based Companies, 2010, pp 182-189 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract As discussed autonomous or controlled (cf. chapter 4), autopoiesis theory is a relational theory. The focus and level of observation determine whether a project-based company should be regarded as autonomous or controlled. The control and autonomy approaches complement each other. A project-based company may be seen as an autonomous whole while simultaneously its projects may be seen as input-process-output systems from the control perspective (cf. Varela, 1979). This means that it is possible to regard a project-based company simultaneously as an autonomous, autopoietic system capable of self-production, and as a controlled system.

Keywords: Boundary Element; Project Team; Organizational Learning; Knowledge Creation; Organizational Memory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230298934_10

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