STRUCTURES (Five Proposals on Organizational)
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(2) |
| ID | ◀ 3246 ▶ |
| Object type | Human sciences |
The following five proposals by H. BOUCHIKHI result of his study of the process of introduction of personal computers in the “R+gie Autonome des Transports Parisiens” and are thus related to administrative structuration (1990, p.428-35).
It would be interesting to look for isomorphies in biological systems and in animal societies (See “stigmergy”).
- “1. Organizational structures are a set of rules and resources recursively engaged in the structuration of organizations
2. Organizational structures are simultaneously medium and result of the interactions among participants
3. Organizational structuration expresses a dialectic process of equilibrium between the organization and its environment
4. Organizational structures are closely linked to the cooperation and competition stakes of the participants
5 Organizational structuration results of a multitude of local processes not all necessarily convergent“.
BOUCHIKHI makes different interesting points:
a) Organizational structures are not rigidly imposed “from above” (or should not be!)
b) Organizational structuration do not result in a static structure, achieved once and for all;
c) Being the product of a process, it proceeds dynamically, by progressive propagation
d) Organizational structuration is not necessarily a conscious process
e) Organizational structures are not abstract; they result of the permanent activity of individuals
The following comment in a not-related paper by M. BUNGE (1988, p.7) seems opportune: “Interestingly enough, cohesion turns out not to be proportional to overall participation. Instead, it is maximal for middling participation — which is reasonable, since nil participation is incompatible with communality, whereas the participation of everyone in everyone else's affairs results in anarchy”.