In this article, organizations were described as being composed of people who undergo growth through individual innovation and self organization. An individual belongs to a number of larger, more complex groups, ranging from the immediate team in a department to the corporation or business entity as a whole, then ultimately society as a whole. Though the individual’s role changes in each of these complex layers, the underlying identity stays the same. The individual’s actions affect the whole organization, though the individual may be one person out of thousands of employees.
Organizations are complex systems, and each individual provides a unique opportunity for success or failure of the larger unit.
This article discusses organizational learning and development. The article shares similar concepts with Stacey (2007), who discussed the connection between organizational learning and chaos theory.
Carlisle, Y., & McMillan, E. (2006). Innovation in organizations from a complex adaptive systems perspective. Emergence: Complexity and Organization, 8(1), 2–9. Retrieved from http://pepperdine.worldcat.org/oclc/173607996