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| Author: | Olffen, W. van Romme, A. |
| Title: | The role of hierarchy in self-organizing systems |
| Journal: | Human Systems Management
1995 : VOL. 14:3, p. 199-206 |
| Index terms: | HIERARCHICAL ORGANIZATIONS TEAM WORK LEARNING |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper discusses the role of hierarchy in human systems. Two kinds of self-organizing processes are distinguished: conservative and dissipative self-organization. The former leads to rather stable, specialistic systems, whereas the latter leads to continuously changing generalistic systems. When conservative and dissipative self-organization are combined, autonomous self-organization emerges. Autonomous self-organization, characterized by intertemporal stability , appears to be fundamental to human organizations. |
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