General Systems Theory & Organizational Structure. You may be tempted to organize your small business according to a traditional hierarchical structure. This structure starts at the top with a ...

Of the various organizational theories that have been studied in this realm, the open-systems theory has emerged as perhaps the most widely known, but others have their proponents as well.

The Rational Organization For a small business owner, the potential appeal of rational system theory is the clarity and simplicity of viewing a business as a rational system.

Viable System Model (VSM): A cybernetic framework that conceptualises organisations as recursive systems capable of self-regulation and adaptive behaviour in response to environmental changes.

Widely regarded as one of the most influential management experts in the early days of classical management theory, Mary Parker Follett developed foundational concepts that redefine how organizations ...

Unanimity rule is an important benchmark for evaluating outcomes of decisions in the social sciences. However, organizational researchers tend to ignore unanimous decision making, for example, because ...

On Evolution of Digital and Organizational Capability Configurations: Toward a New Theory and Preliminary Evidence The Department of Supply Chain and Business Technology Management is proud to host Dr ...

Mari Karjalainen, Suprateek Sarker, Mikko Siponen, Toward a Theory of Information Systems Security Behaviors of Organizational Employees, Information Systems Research, Vol. 30, No. 2 (June 2019), pp.

The concept of systems leadership offers a powerful framework for guiding transformational change, focusing on five key roles: steward, theory builder, designer, coach and teacher.

Defense Department and intelligence community stakeholders met with SEI experts to discuss how software-intensive programs ...