Title :
The evolutionary organization as a complex adaptive system
Author :
Kamo, Jun ; Phillips, Fred
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Manage. in Sci. & Technol., Oregon Graduate Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Portland, OR, USA
Abstract :
Based on concepts of the complex adaptive system (CAS) from system theory and complexity studies, the authors characterize the CAS and investigate whether the CAS construct is transferrable to business organizations. A scale is developed to rate a business organization´s similarity to a CAS. The call a business enterprise matching the criteria of a CAS an “evolutionary organization”. Short case studies of three high-technology companies (Microsoft, Intel, and Netscape) lead to an evaluation of these companies as evolutionary organizations. Limits of the transferability of this method are noted
Keywords :
adaptive systems; commerce; large-scale systems; management; management of change; system theory; Intel; Microsoft; Netscape; business organizations; complex adaptive system; complexity studies; evolutionary organization; high-technology companies; system theory; Adaptive systems; Aggregates; Companies; Computer industry; Computer science; Content addressable storage; Organisms; Organizational aspects; Physics; Technology management;
Conference_Titel :
Innovation in Technology Management - The Key to Global Leadership. PICMET '97: Portland International Conference on Management and Technology
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3574-0
DOI :
10.1109/PICMET.1997.653399
