Organizational structuralism : a comprehensive multidisciplinary hypothesis for the interpretation of organizational phenomena / / Kostas Langas

• Autore: Langas Kostas
• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2023]; ©2023
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (729 pages)
• Disciplina: 658.406
• Soggetto topico: Organizational change - Management
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- 1 An Attempt to Introduction -- 1.1 The One Who Knows Only One Discipline Knows Nothing About That Discipline -- 1.2 From the Phoenician Alphabet to the Structure of "O" According to Sofia -- Reference -- 2 Organizational Fields and Organizational Processes -- 2.1 A General Outline -- 2.2 The Total Quality Management Systems -- 2.3 The Hunt of Competencies -- 2.4 The Hunt of Performances -- 2.5 The Recent Years and the Actual Situations -- 2.6 Why This Book -- References -- 3 Introduction to Organization Structuralism -- 3.1 Functional (Systemic) and Structural (Analytic) Study of Structures -- 3.2 Organizational Epiphenomena -- 3.3 Epiphenomena and Superstructures -- 3.4 Superstructures and Structural Development of Organizations -- 3.5 Change Matters Relatively -- 3.6 Organizational Dystopias -- 3.7 Processive Structures and Leadership -- 3.8 Leadership and Epiphenomena -- 3.9 From First Principles to Long-Term Competitive Advantages -- 3.10 "The 13 Principles of Organizational Structuralism" -- References -- 4 Fundamental Properties of Organizational Structuralism: From Homogeneity to Autonomy -- 4.1 What Is a Structure? -- 4.2 Some Fundamental Considerations -- 4.3 Some Fundamental Properties and Definitions -- 4.4 A Fundamental Property: The Homogeneity -- 4.5 Homogeneous and Homogeneity in Linguistic Systems (Some Examples) -- 4.6 Homogeneous Systems and Variances -- 4.7 Heterogeneity, Homogenetic, Phylogenetic and Heterogenetic Properties -- 4.8 Autonomy and Heteronomy -- 4.9 Teleonomy and Invariance -- 4.10 Anelyxis, Katelyxis Endogenous and Exogenous Phenomena -- References -- 5 Methodological Foundations of Organizational Structuralism -- 5.1 The Necessity of a Deductive Approach Based on Observation. ; 5.2 Towards an Organizational Theory Based on Physics or Natural Sciences -- 5.3 The Law of Noncontradiction as a Key Concept in Organizational Structuralism -- 5.4 The Principle of Uncertainty in Organizational Theory and Design -- 5.5 The Exclusion Principle in Organizational Theory and Design -- 5.6 The Principle of Invariance: The First Fundamental Pillar in Organizational Theory and Design -- 5.7 The Principle of Teleonomy as the Main Driver for the Creation of Symbolic Structures -- 5.8 Some Conceptual Deepening of the Homogenetic Principle -- 5.9 The Phylogenetic Principle as a Fundamental Property in Organizational Theory -- 5.10 The Principle of Organizational Autonomy -- 5.11 The Principle of Incompleteness in Organizational Theory -- 5.12 The Principle of Successive Approximations Applied in Organizational Theory -- 5.13 The Principle of Observer Interference -- References -- 6 Organizational First Principles and Introduction to the Organizational Field Theory -- 6.1 Some Fundamental Considerations or "Starting from First Principles" -- 6.2 Towards a New Paradigm for Organizational Development: The Organizational Fields -- 6.3 Canonical Symbolic and Material Structures -- 6.4 The Structural Field Theory of Organizations -- 6.5 The Property of Conservative and of Non-conservative Organizational Fields -- 6.6 The Organizational Fields as Non-conservative Fields -- 6.7 The Property of Homogeneity in Organizational Field Theory -- 6.8 The Property of Isotropy in Organizational Fields -- 6.8.1 Geometric Properties and Symmetries -- 6.9 The Homeostatic (and Heterostatic) Property -- 6.10 The Property of Cause-Effect Correlation -- 6.10.1 The Criticism on the Ishikawa Diagram -- 6.11 The Property of Metrification -- 6.12 The Property of Anelyxis -- 6.13 Organizations as Systems of Canonical Structures Submerged in Organizational Fields. ; 6.14 The Principles of Organizational Structuralism as a Field Theory Derivatives -- 6.15 Towards a New Paradigm of Managerial Ability -- References -- 7 The Structural Evolution of an Organization (a Geometric Approach) -- 7.1 Prolegomena to This Chapter -- 7.2 The Beginning of the Development of an Organization (or Phase 1) -- 7.3 The Formation of the First Core Processes in an Organization (Phase 2)-Inbound Supply Chain and Purchasing -- 7.4 The Development of the Activities Related to Operational Marketing (Phase 3) -- 7.5 The Initiation of an Organizational Formation (Phase 4) -- 7.6 Research and Development and Product/Service & -- Process Development (Phase 5) -- 7.7 The Development of the Strategic Marketing Process (Phase 6) -- 7.8 The Initialization of the Ellipsoidal Configurations (Phase 7) -- 7.9 The Development of the Manufacturing (or Operations) Process (Phase 8) -- 7.10 The Development of Sales or Customer Acquisition Processes (Phase 9) -- 7.11 The Development of After Sales or Customer Care Management (Phase 10) -- 7.11.1 The Shared Services -- 7.12 The Structural Development and Growth Phases of an Organization (Phase 11) -- 7.13 The Ultimate Evolutionary Stage of an Organization (Phase 12) -- 7.14 The Beginning of the Decline of an Organization -- 7.14.1 Converging and Diverging Forces in Organizational Theory and Design -- 7.14.2 Converging and Diverging Forces During the Stabilization Phase of the Organization -- 7.14.3 The Beginning of the Decline of an Organization Continued -- 7.14.4 Quality and Quantity Trapping -- 7.14.5 The Geometrical Configurations of a Declining Organization -- 7.14.6 The Asymmetric Configurations of the Decline of an Organization (Case 1: Privileging the Commercial Field Section and of the Related Processes). ; 7.14.7 The Asymmetric Configurations of the Decline of an Organization (Case 2: Privileging the Operations or Manufacturing Field Section and of the Related Processes) -- 7.14.8 Some Basic Considerations Regarding the Asymmetric Decline of Organizations -- 7.15 The Final Stages in the Life of an Organization -- 7.16 The Death of an Organization -- 7.17 General Chapter Conclusions -- Reference -- 8 Graphical Representations of Some Fundamental Properties of Organizational Structuralism -- 8.1 Conditions for the Continuous Development of a Structural Development of an Organization -- 8.2 The Converging Forces During the Formation of an Organization -- 8.3 The Diverging Forces During the Formation of an Organization -- 8.4 The Growth of Invariance in Time -- 8.5 The Growth of Teleonomy in Time -- 8.6 The Mathematical Formulae of the Evolution (Growth) of Invariance and Teleonomy in Time -- 8.7 Invariance and Teleonomy in Relation to Single Anelyxis Projects and Their Evolution in Time -- 8.8 The (Simple) Relationship Between Invariance and Teleonomy -- 8.9 Life Expectancy of an Organization and Structuralism -- 8.10 The Main Factors and Processes for the Structural Evolution of Organizations -- 8.11 The Development of Invariance and Teleonomy in Relation to First Principles and to the Configuration of Quantum Pairing and of Their Sequential Matrices -- 8.12 The Structural Approach to the Development of an Organization: From Basic Teleonomic Principles to the Autonomy and to "Canonicism" -- 8.13 The Gap Between Signifier and Significant Stands as the Gap Between Material and Symbolic Structures -- References -- 9 Organizational Structuralism and Mathematical Symbolism -- 9.1 A Mathematical Analysis of Organizational Structures Based on Geometrical Analysis and Hydrodynamics Theory -- 9.2 Analysis of a Single Process. ; 9.2.1 Analysis of the Organization as a Whole -- 9.3 Analysis of Ideal Case and Worst-Case Scenario -- 9.4 A Further Integration (and an Alternative Treatment) to the Mathematical Model of Organizational Structures (a Hydrodynamic Analogy) -- 9.4.1 A Possible Correlation in Nature -- 9.5 A Mathematical Expression for the Correlation of Material and Symbolic Structures at Three Distinct Levels (Organizational Quanta, Masys and Processes) -- 9.6 Some Questions for Readers Who Understand and Manage Mathematics Far Better Than the Author -- 10 The Microstructure of Structural Organizations -- 10.1 Organization of Material and Symbolic Quanta -- 10.2 Agents Do not Make the Difference but Structures Do in Organizational Development -- 10.3 Increasing the Complexity (but also the Completion) by Increasing the Symmetric Capabilities of the Microstructural Configurations -- 10.4 The Systemic Delegating Business Management (Based on Basic Business Knowledge) Model -- 10.5 The Interdisciplinary (not to Be Confused with the Multidisciplinary) Approach for the Development of Long-Term Competitive Advantages -- 10.6 The Multidisciplinary Approach for the Design of Organizational Microstructures -- 10.7 The Multidisciplinarity as a Long-Term Key Competitive Advantage on Global Level -- 10.8 The Development and Structuring on Operational Level of the Quantum Pairs -- 10.9 Partial Integration of Material and Symbolic Structures and Related Competencies for the Development of Quantum Pairing Conditions -- 10.10 The Quantitative and Qualitative Factors in Quantum Pairing and the Factors that may Inhibit and Distort the Complete Overlapping Between Material QM and Symbolic QS Quanta -- 10.11 The Organizational Quanta and Their Impact on the Transformation of Quantitative into Qualitative Changes. ; 10.12 The Inhibiting Elements for the Development of the Microstructure of an Organization Based on Organizational Quantum Pairs.
• Titolo autorizzato: Organizational Structuralism
• ISBN: 9783031160493; 9783031160486
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910633936003321
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