James March: a postmodern perspective on organization without management theory

Purpose In this paper, the authors look back at James March’s main contributions to the evolution of organizations and their decision-making. No other author in management science has been quoted as much. Yet, his view on these issues is often far removed from the dominant academic representations. This paper aims to evaluate the trace left by March for the future. His teachings remain of the utmost importance for both practitioners and academics in charge of modeling the real functioning of the organizations. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, the authors look back at James March’s main contributions to the evolution of organizations and their decision-making. Findings On the basis of an in-depth analysis of his study, the authors discuss the main concepts to which he has dedicated his life as a researcher. Whether it is for innovation and the process of exploration associated with it or for the ambiguity that persists in learning cycles, March always shows us the ambivalence of the concepts. The strength of March’s study is to encourage us to remain cautious in the diagnoses for the development of the companies by not venerating too strongly the notions seen exclusively as virtuous, such as innovation or by not too quickly condemning situations perceived as harmful, such as ambiguity. It is, therefore, subjective and unpredictable, making the idea of a unified theory of management inoperative (Joullié, 2018). March’s way of thinking is deeply postmodern in the sense of Foucault (1961), who saw the world as a representation. Research limitations/implications For this kind of paper based on a James March study’s survey, the main limitation is the variety of research methodology mobilized. Empirical confirmation sometimes is missing or is too short. The study remains essentially speculative as to its influence on future research. Some concepts, such as the concept of effectuation, which is a direct extension of March’s study, deserve to be tested empirically and theoretically in greater depth to assess their robustness. Practical implications All managerial implications are concerned with organizational change. His teachings remain of the utmost importance for both practitioners and academics in charge of modeling the real functioning of the organizations. Social implications Providing a guideline concerning research in the management of organizations. A better understanding of the real functioning of how decisions happen in companies, how they change in the real world. Originality/value The authors show that, contrary to the great paradigms of management sciences (Burrell and Morgan, 1979) developed since Taylor’s founding study, which remains performative in essence, March’s study initiates a viscerally postmodern vision of the organization. The authors believe that his contributions are essential because they are not based on a normative attempt to propose a universal theory but provide a compass that is essential to understanding how the organization study.

Fostering Team Creativity Through Team-Focused Inclusion: The Role of Leader Harvesting the Benefits of Diversity and Cultivating Value-In-Diversity Beliefs

This article advances prior theory on inclusive leadership to better understand how leaders foster team creativity through members’ experience that their uniqueness belongs within the team (i.e., team-derived inclusion). We argue that leaders can instigate such sense of inclusion in their team by engaging in two behaviors: stimulating all members of the team to fully express their unique viewpoints and perspectives ( harvesting the benefits of diversity) and facilitating beliefs about the value of differences in the team ( cultivating value-in-diversity beliefs). In Study 1 ( n = 491 employees), we validated newly developed scales measuring these two leader behaviors. Using a sample of 38 teams within one organization (Study 2), we showed that harvesting the benefits of diversity, without also cultivating value-in-diversity beliefs, has a negative effect on team-derived inclusion and indirectly team creativity. In Study 3, we demonstrated based on 93 teams from multiple organizations, while ruling out several alternative explanations, that harvesting the benefits of diversity positively relates to team-derived inclusion and indirectly team creativity, if leaders also cultivated value-in-diversity beliefs. Our model and findings across studies are the first to shed light on inclusive leadership as double-edged sword in that leaders may need to complement harvesting with cultivating to prevent negative effects and elicit positive effects on inclusion and, eventually, team creativity.

Testing Model Accountability in Public Sector Organization (Study On Goverment Regional Tana Toraja, South Sulawesi)

This study aims to test the model of public accountability in local government. Testing is done by designing a questionnaire and distributing a questionnaire to all stakeholders including the executive, legislative and community leaders. The results of the data test show that the question items are valid and reliable. The result of model testing has been valid and shows that the built model puts seven dimensions as an element of accountability which includes legal accountability, honesty, process, program, policy, finance and result to society and two dimension becomes predictor variable to public accountability namely accountability mechanism and Musrenbang forum.

The vitalist disjuncture between process organization studies and accelerationism

PurposeThis article is concerned with the fundamental differences between Landian accelerationism and the tradition that most closely resembles it within organization studies and process organization studies. Accelerationists and process theorists seem to have much in common, since both bear the influence of vitalism, but there are important conceptual differences that need to be brought to light for accelerationist organization studies (AOSs).Design/methodology/approachThis paper is a straightforward comparison of the fundamental philosophical principles orienting both process organization studies, especially those gleaned from phenomenology and speculative metaphysics, and Landian accelerationism.FindingsProcess organization studies address a localized disciplinary bias towards stability over change and leverage phenomenology and speculative metaphysics to overcome it. Landian accelerationism is a radical account of the supersession of the human by inhuman forces and abandons phenomenology and speculative metaphysics as vitalist variants of correlationism. The two perspectives are shown to be broadly incompatible.Originality/valueThe introduction of accelerationism into organization studies will invariably see it compared with the vitalist strains of process organization studies. This paper emphasizes some of the important differences that exist between these traditions in preparation for an emerging accelerationist organization study tradition.

An Organization Study on DCC Bank Bidar

Exposure visit to Bidar District Cooperative Central Bank to study the PACs - SHG Model. The case illustrates how the Primary Agricultural Societies through SHGs have helped in uplifting the socio-economic standards of the disadvantaged people. Trend setter for the entire cooperative in the country. Promoted large number of shg's.

Establishing the Foundations to Measure Organizational Agility for Military Organizations

There is an ongoing demand for organizations to become more agile in order to prosper amongst their competitors. Many military organizations have declared a renewed focus towards organizational agility. The goal of this research is to isolate the variables needed to measure organizational agility (OA) in military organizations, allowing for the future development of a suitable method to measure OA without the need to interact with outside organizations. This article begins by providing a suitable and formal definition of organizational agility by exploring and analyzing relevant scholarly literature on the subject. Related terms, such as organizational resiliency, flexibility, robustness, versatility, and adaptability are also explored to examine their definition boundaries and any overlapping areas. Existing methods to measure organizational agility are examined and summarized, and the current limitations to their application are highlighted. Previous studies to find characteristics associated with organizational agility were also examined, and an initial set of 88 organizational agility characteristics was built. Since these included possible redundant or overlapping characteristics, the Q-sort method was employed to discover, analyze, and eliminate redundant items from the dataset, ultimately resulting in 64 unique characteristics. The result is a suitable definition for organization agility applicable to military organizations and a list of potential associated characteristics that summarizes related research to date. This groundwork establishes the foundation to conduct a multi-organization study to further refine the characteristic list and ultimately develop a method to measure organizational agility.

Organização do Ensino de Matemática: o papel do grupo de estudos na significação dos sujeitosMathematics teaching organization: the role of the study group in the meaning of the subjects

ResumoO objetivo deste artigo é apresentar o papel que assumiu um grupo de estudos e pesquisas no processo de significação dos seus sujeitos-participantes no que diz respeito à organização do ensino de Matemática na perspectiva lógico-histórica. A investigação é qualitativa, e se constituiu em um estudo de caso fundamentado na teoria histórico-cultural. Os resultados revelaram que a constituição de espaços coletivos de discussão sobre a organização do ensino de Matemática contribui tanto para superar a competência individual dos sujeitos quanto para pensar a formação dos professores e futuros professores como uma atividade compartilhada.Palavras-chave: Educação matemática histórico-cultural, Organização do ensino de matemática, Grupos de estudos, Processo de significação.AbstractThe purpose of this article is to present the role of a group of studies and research has assumed in the making-meaning process of its subject-participants concerning the organization of mathematics teaching in the logical-historical perspective. The investigation is qualitative and constituted a case study based on the cultural-historical theory. The results revealed that the constitution of collective spaces for discussion on the organization of the Mathematics teaching contributes both to overcome the individual competence of the subjects and to think about teachers' and future teachers' education as a shared activity.Keywords: Cultural-historical mathematics education, Mathematics teaching organization, Study groups, Process of Signification.ResumenEl propósito de este artículo es presentar el papel que un grupo de estudios e investigaciones ha asumido en el proceso de creación de significado de sus sujetos-participantes en la organización de la enseñanza de las matemáticas en la perspectiva lógico-histórica. La investigación es cualitativa y constituye un estudio de caso basado en la teoría histórico-cultural. Los resultados revelaron que la constitución de espacios colectivos de discusión sobre la organización de la enseñanza de la Matemática contribuye tanto a superar la competencia individual de las asignaturas como a pensar en la formación de docentes y futuros docentes como una actividad compartida.Palabras clave: Educación matemática histórico-cultural, Organización de la enseñanza de la matemática, Grupos de estudio, Proceso de significación.

Scientific Theory of Brands, Branding and Rebranding (Brandology) and the Tasks of Its Practical Use in Organizations

Article performs a scientific theory of brands, branding and rebranding (brandology) and the task of its practical use in organizations; the object of the article is dedicated to the post-industrial organizations; the aim is to increase the efficiency of the process of creating brands, branding and rebranding of post-industrial organizations; to achieve this goal, solved the following tasks: examines the value of brands, branding and rebranding in the management of a modern organization; study of the functions and roles of branding and rebranding organizations; the scientific theory of brands, branding and rebranding (brandology) is developed; the description of the philosophy, ideology, and policy of forming branding systems and rebranding projects; the formation of a criteria basis for evaluating the effectiveness of brands, branding and rebranding; research methods in the article are the methodology of science, analysis, synthesis, forecasting, and research operations; scientific novelty of the article is that it further develops methodological principles of the scientific theory of branding and rebranding, the steps in the formation of brand management and/or project of rebranding of post-industrial organizations, a description of the criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of branding and rebranding projects organizations.