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Post-Bureaucratic Organizations as Complex Systems: Toward a Co-Evolutionary and Multiparadigmatic Perspective

Post-Bureaucratic Organizations as Complex Systems: Toward a Co-Evolutionary and Multiparadigmatic Perspective

Fabrizio Maimone
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 28
ISBN13: 9781522519836|ISBN10: 1522519831|EISBN13: 9781522519843
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1983-6.ch008
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Maimone, Fabrizio. "Post-Bureaucratic Organizations as Complex Systems: Toward a Co-Evolutionary and Multiparadigmatic Perspective." Evolution of the Post-Bureaucratic Organization, edited by Pierfranco Malizia, et al., IGI Global, 2017, pp. 152-179. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1983-6.ch008

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Maimone, F. (2017). Post-Bureaucratic Organizations as Complex Systems: Toward a Co-Evolutionary and Multiparadigmatic Perspective. In P. Malizia, C. Cannavale, & F. Maimone (Eds.), Evolution of the Post-Bureaucratic Organization (pp. 152-179). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1983-6.ch008

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Maimone, Fabrizio. "Post-Bureaucratic Organizations as Complex Systems: Toward a Co-Evolutionary and Multiparadigmatic Perspective." In Evolution of the Post-Bureaucratic Organization, edited by Pierfranco Malizia, Chiara Cannavale, and Fabrizio Maimone, 152-179. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1983-6.ch008

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Abstract

The term “post-bureaucratic” defines such organizations characterized by the absence or the reduced role of traditional bureaucracy. This contribution is aimed to provide a theoretical framework to explain the real nature and the hidden dynamics of post-bureaucratic systems, adopting a complex (Stacey, 1996; Mitleton-Kelly, 2003), critical (Wilmott, 1992; Alvesson, Bridgman, & Willmott, 2009) and multi-paradigmatic perspective (Gioia & Pitre, 1990; Lowe, Magala, & Hwang, 2012; Patel, 2016), that considers also the influence of socio-psychological and socio-cultural factors. The findings of the research suggest it is opportune to go beyond the epistemological stance of the Weberian concept of ideal type, assuming that contemporary organizations may show hybrid (see Stark, 1992; Grandori, 1995) and multi-status configurations. The theoretical, methodological and practical implications of the adoption of this perspective are discussed in the final part of the chapter and are provided suggestions for present and future research.

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