ORDER through FIT
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(2) |
| ID | ◀ 2392 ▶ |
| Object type | General information, Human sciences |
G. BROEKSTRA describes this managerial concept as based on “…the notion of fit or internal consistency between core organizational variables” and signals that: “Thus, from the beginning the rationality of equilibium became associated (with it). It was understood that fluctuations in the form of misfits, inconsistencies, paradoxes, or contradictions, had to be dampened or suppressed. In this way, the fit paradigm became a unitary approach driving an organization towards a particular stable attractor state (configuration). However, although a tight fit may lead temporarily to excellence… paradoxically, in the long run, fit may lead to failure” (1993, p.76).
Maintaining stability at any cost may not be the correct response when some internal or external condition basic for such a “stable attractor” is not anymore guaranteed.
BROEKSTRA explains that in this case: “… a new way of thinking about organizing is called for, one that encompasses this paradox. The old fit perspective does not disappear, but is absorbed into a more comprehensive theory” (p.77).
BROEKSTRA proceeds in his paper to the elaboration of such a theory based on the chaos hypothesis of change.