PARADIGMA DA COMPLEXIDADE E TEORIA DAS ORGANIZAÇÕES: UMA REFLEXÃO EPISTEMOLÓGICA

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This essay is the product of a reflection on the epistemology of complexity and its importance to the epistemology of businessadministration and organizational theory. It is proposed to assist in the understanding of its emergence, by indicating its potential contribution tothe advance of the episte...

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Published in:RAE: Revista de Administração de Empresas
Main Authors: Maurício Serva, Graziela Dias Alperstedt, Taisa Dias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Getulio Vargas, Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo 2010-07-01
Subjects:
Paradigm
complexity theory
organizational theory
epistemology
administration research
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-75902010000300004&lng=en&nrm=iso
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Summary:This essay is the product of a reflection on the epistemology of complexity and its importance to the epistemology of businessadministration and organizational theory. It is proposed to assist in the understanding of its emergence, by indicating its potential contribution tothe advance of the epistemology of management and organizational theory. To do so, it first addresses the emergence of a specific epistemology ofadministration and the need to take a new look at it. Then, it summarizes epistemology and the complexity paradigm, and subsequently moveson to discuss the relationship and potential contributions of this knowledge to the advance of epistemological reflection in administration and inimproving organizational theories. Finally, it highlights some of the issues that arise from this reflection, by considering the possibility of adoptingthe epistemology of complexity for carrying out organizational studies from a critical perspective.
ISSN:0034-7590
2178-938X

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