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Intelligent organizations: an integrative framework
Author(s) -
Schwaninger Markus
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
systems research and behavioral science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1099-1743
pISSN - 1092-7026
DOI - 10.1002/sres.408
Subject(s) - cybernetics , ethos , knowledge management , dimension (graph theory) , computer science , identity (music) , sociology , viable system model , connotation , organization development , trace (psycholinguistics) , management science , epistemology , artificial intelligence , engineering , political science , mathematics , linguistics , physics , philosophy , acoustics , pure mathematics , law
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how cybernetic theories open new paths towards organizational intelligence. This is illustrated by means of three theoretical models from organizational cybernetics. These models are integrated into a framework for a virtuous design, (self‐)control and (self‐)transformation of organizations. It is proposed that changes in activities, structure and behaviour—three of the dimensions of this framework—have to be synchronized among one another, and aligned with a fourth dimension: fundamental parameters such as organizational identity, ethos and vision. It is also claimed that a continued and integrative application of the models outlined can trace the path towards excelling organizational intelligence more effectively than merely punctual uses of one or more of them. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.