复杂组织理论:组织研究的新趋势

The Theory of Complex Organizations:New Trends in Organizational Studies

通过重新界定复杂组织概念与划分组织理论演进阶段,本文构建了复杂组织研究的一般理论框架,分析了复杂组织理论研究的特点,并探讨了复杂组织理论研究的新趋势。研究发现,复杂组织是组织演化到一定阶段出现的新组织形式,是以整体涌现性为主要特征的复杂系统;组织理论的演进是一个不断继承与发展的过程,各组织理论范式之间相互关联、相互促进;在组织研究范式、组织形式和组织理论的相互作用下,组织理论的演进趋向于复杂组织理论。

This paper establishes a general theoretical framework about the study of complex organizations （COs） , analyzes the characteristics of the theory of complex organizations （TCOs） , and discusses the new trends of TCOs through redefining the conception of COs and dividing the evolutional stage of organization theory （OT）. The results show that, as the complex systems characterized by the global emergence, COs are the new forms of organizations when organizations evolved to a certain stage; the evolution of OT is a constantly inheritable and developmental process due to the interconnection and mutual promotion among the paradigms of OT. In addition, under the interaction of organizational research paradigm, organization and OT, OT gradually evolves to TCOs.