A New Contingency View of the Organization: Mananging Complexity and Uncertainty Through Cognition

This paper proposes a new contingency view of the organization and it contributes to the theme through two complementary perspectives. First, it proposes cognition as a function which acts as the main mediator between the organization and the environment. Second, it introduces cognition as the core...

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Main Authors: Farley Simon Nobre, Andrew M. Tobias, David S. Walker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração (ANPAD) 2010-10-01
Series:BAR: Brazilian Administration Review
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Online Access:http://www.anpad.org.br/periodicos/arq_pdf/a_1120.pdf