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Opening Systems Theory: A Note on the Recent Special Issue of Organization

Anders la Cour

Copenhagen Business School, al.lpf{at}cbs.dk

Steen Vallentin

Copenhagen Business School, sv.lpf{at}cbs.dk

Holger Højlund

Copenhagen Business School, hoh.lpf{at}cbs.dk

Ole Thyssen

Copenhagen Business School, thyssen{at}cbs.dk

Betina Rennison

Copenhagen Business School, br.lpf{at}cbs.dk

Organization recently devoted a special issue to Niklas Luhmann's systems theory. Since Luhmann's work remains relatively unknown in the English-speaking world, the issue was an important opportunity to introduce Niklas Luhmann's contribution to organization theory to this audience. Unfortunately, the primarily theoretical approach to systems theory presented in the issue may leave the reader wondering what, if anything, Luhmann's work might contribute to empirical research into organizations. This note is an attempt to draw attention to the potential of Luhmann's approach in this regard.

Key Words: applicability • autopoietic closure • critic • methodological application • observation • organization theory • self-reference • system theory • theoretical and empirical opening

Organization, Vol. 14, No. 6, 929-938 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1350508407082267
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