Ant colonies:building complex organizations with minuscule brains and no leaders
| Autor: | Mark W. Moffett, Kathleen M. Eisenhardt, Simon Garnier, Nathan Furr, William Ocasio, Joachim Offenberg, Massimo Warglien, Lars A. Bach, Thorbjørn Knudsen, Costanza Sartoris |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Value (ethics)
Self-organization Strategy and Management Individuality Leaders Stigmergy Colonies Ants Coordination Division of labor Group identity Hierarchies Collective identity 0502 economics and business Specialization (functional) Sociology 050208 finance business.industry 05 social sciences Settore SECS-P/08 - Economia e Gestione delle Imprese Public relations Ant colony Flat organization Human resource management business 050203 business & management Division of labour |
| Zdroj: | Moffett, M, Garnier, S, Eisenhardt, K, Furr, N, Warglien, M, Sartoris, C, Ocasio, W, Knudsen, T, A. Bach, L & Offenberg, J 2021, ' Ant colonies : building complex organizations with minuscule brains and no leaders ', Journal of Organization Design, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 55-74 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s41469-021-00093-4 Moffett, M W, Garnier, S, Eisenhardt, K M, Furr, N R, Warglien, M, Sartoris, C, Ocasio, W, Knudsen, T, Bach, L A & Offenberg, J 2021, ' Ant colonies : building complex organizations with minuscule brains and no leaders ', Journal of Organization Design, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 55-74 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s41469-021-00093-4 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s41469-021-00093-4 |
| Popis: | Thus far the articles in the series JOD calls the “Organization Zoo” have employed the notion of a “zoo” metaphorically todescribe an array of human institutions. Here we take the term literally to consider the design of the most complex organizationsin the living world beside those of humans, a favorite of insect zoos around the world: ant colonies. We considerindividuality and group identity in the functioning of ant organizations; advantages of a flat organization without hierarchiesor leaders; self-organization; direct and indirect communication; job specialization; labor coordination; and the role of errorsin innovation. The likely value and limitations of comparing ant and human organizations are briefly examined. |
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