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| Author: | Seidl, D. Becker, K.H. |
| Title: | Organizations as distinction generating and processing systems: Niklas Luhmann's contribution to organization studies |
| Journal: | Organization
2006 : JAN, VOL. 13:1, p. 9-35 |
| Index terms: | organization theory social sciences research |
| Freeterms: | autopoiesis |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Niklas Luhmann's (hereafter as: L.) theory of social systems has been widely influential in the German-speaking countries. This introductory paper provides a systematic overview of L.'s theory. Especially highlighted are the following aspects: (i) Organizations (as: Orgs.) are processes (as: pr./prs.) coming into being by permanently (re-)constructing themselves by means of using distinctions marking what is part of their realm and what is not. (ii) Such an organizational (as: org-al.) pr. belongs to a social sphere sui generis possessing its own logic, not back-traceable to human actors or subjects. (iii) Orgs. are a specific kind of social pr. characterized by a specific kind of distinction: decision, which makes up what is specifically org-al. about orgs. as social phenomena. |
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