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Inside organizations and out: methodological tenets for empirical research inspired by systems theory

Innerhalb und außerhalb von Organisationen: methodologische Grundsätze einer durch Systemtheorie inspirierten empirischen Forschung
[journal article]

Besio, Cristina
Pronzini, Andrea

Abstract

"Dieser Aufsatz stellt die Frage, wie eine durch Niklas Luhmanns Systemtheorie inspirierte Organisationsforschung epistemologisch und methodologisch gestaltet werden kann. Besprochen werden methodologisch zentrale Aspekte wie die strukturelle und semantische Analyse, die Beobachtung von Kontingenzen... view more

"Dieser Aufsatz stellt die Frage, wie eine durch Niklas Luhmanns Systemtheorie inspirierte Organisationsforschung epistemologisch und methodologisch gestaltet werden kann. Besprochen werden methodologisch zentrale Aspekte wie die strukturelle und semantische Analyse, die Beobachtung von Kontingenzen, die Erklärung von 'Trivialitäten', die funktionale Methode und die Erforschung von Koppelungsmechanismen. Aufbauend auf einigen schon verfügbaren Studien zeigen wir, dass die Systemtheorie ein sehr wirkungsvoller Rahmen für die Untersuchung moderner Organisationen ist, da sie eine ungewöhnliche Beobachtungsperspektive ermöglicht, die erlaubt, das infrage zu stellen, was häufig als nicht erklärungsbedürftig angesehen wird. Schließlich versuchen die Autoren zu zeigen, wie das Management von der systemtheoretischen Forschung von Organisationen profitieren kann." (Autorenreferat)... view less


"This paper focuses on how organizational research inspired by Niklas Luhmann's systems theory can be epistemologically framed and methodologically designed. Central methodological pillars such as structural and semantic analyses, observing contingencies, explaining trivialities, functional analysis... view more

"This paper focuses on how organizational research inspired by Niklas Luhmann's systems theory can be epistemologically framed and methodologically designed. Central methodological pillars such as structural and semantic analyses, observing contingencies, explaining trivialities, functional analysis and exploring coupling mechanisms are discussed. Drawing from several empirical studies, the authors demonstrate that systems theory is a highly efficacious framework for the study of modern organizations, as it permits an uncommon observational perspective that is able to question what is often taken for granted. Finally, they highlight how management can profit from systems theoretical research on organizations." (author's abstract)... view less

Keywords
system theory; organization research; empirical research; methodology; structural analysis; semantics; contingency; functional analysis; structural coupling

Classification
Research Design
Organizational Sociology

Method
basic research

Free Keywords
Trivialität; System-Umwelt-Beziehung

Document language
English

Publication Year
2011

Page/Pages
p. 18-41

Journal
Historical Social Research, 36 (2011) 1

Issue topic
Qualitative Methoden zur Managementforschung in sozialen Systemen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.36.2011.1.18-41

ISSN
0172-6404

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0


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