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| Author: | Ashmos, D. P. Duchon, D. |
| Title: | What a Mess! Participation as a Simple Managerial Rule to 'Complexify' Organizations |
| Journal: | Journal of Management Studies
2002 : MAR, VOL. 39:2, p. 189-206 |
| Index terms: | MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION PARTICIPATION ANALYTICAL REVIEW |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper adopts a view of organizations as complex adaptive systems and makes a case for making organizations more complex internally through the use of a fairly simple managerial rule - using participative decision making. Participation in decision making enhances connectivity in organizations, which in turn, gives the organization the opportunity to self-organize and co-evolve in more effective ways than when there is minimal connectivity (i.e., autocracy). The paper uses a specific body of research to support the arguments about why participation can benefit the practice of management in modern organizations. |
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