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The multifunctional organization: two cases for a critical update for research programs in management and organization
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Abstract Organization and functional differentiation are considered key principles of modern societies. Yet, within organizational studies little research has been conducted on the interplay of function systems, organizations, and society. The few existing studies suppose trends to more functional polyphony.... view more
Organization and functional differentiation are considered key principles of modern societies. Yet, within organizational studies little research has been conducted on the interplay of function systems, organizations, and society. The few existing studies suppose trends to more functional polyphony. The cases presented in this article, however, support the idea that organizational multifunctionality is the standard case rather than a special case of organization. It is furthermore shown that organizations can change their function system preference and that the translation between function systems can be an organization’s main function. A Google Ngram view on functional differentiation finally furthers the idea that changes of function system preferences are not only a matter of individual organizations, but also a matter of entire societies.... view less
Keywords
social differentiation; management; organization; functional differentiation; identity
Classification
Organizational Sociology
Method
theory application
Free Keywords
function systems; polyphony; computer program
Document language
English
Publication Year
2014
Page/Pages
p. 37-54
Journal
Tamara : Journal for Critical Organization Inquiry, 12 (2014) 3
ISSN
1532-5555
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works