Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers
Creation-Date: 2004-03-23
Number: 04-033/1
Author-Name: Guido Fioretti
Author-Email: fioretti@csc.unisi.it
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Siena
Author-Name: Bauke Visser
Author-Email: bvisser@few.eur.nl
Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Economics, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
Title: A Cognitive Approach to Organizational Complexity
Abstract: Organizational theory has construed complexity as an objective characteristic of either the structure or the behaviour of an organization. We argue that to further our understanding it should be understood in terms of human cognition of a structure or behavior. This cognitive twist is illustrated using two theoretical approaches, whose relationship is discussed.
Classification-JEL: D23; M1
Keywords: Organizational Complexity; Cognition; Structure; Behaviour
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