Bifurcation: Implications of the Concept for the Study of Organisations

Ray Jurkovich
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Ray Jurkovich: Erasmus University, Central Interfaculty

A chapter in Bifurcation Analysis, 1985, pp 241-253 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In this chapter we discuss a few implications of the bifurcation concept for organisational theory; the notions of branching and hot point — that point in time and space where a phenomenon splits — are applied to the structuring processes of organisations and, to a lesser extent, decision making and organisational spin-offs (new forms being being established from older ones). We show that the concept is easy to apply in at least a few situations in organisational theory; this then means that the mathematics, which have been presented elsewhere in this volume, could and should be adopted in organisational analysis. We begin first with a brief discussion of bifurcation.

Keywords: Large Firm; American Sociological Review; Organisational Theory; Medium Size Firm; Corporate Profit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1985
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-6239-2_12

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