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Type	Working Paper
Scope	Discipline-based scholarship
Title	Niklas Luhmann’s autopoietic theory of organisations: Contributions, limitations, and future prospects
Organization Unit	Foundations of Business Administration and Theories of the Firm (Andreas Scherer)
Authors	David Seidl Dennis Schoeneborn
Language	English
Series Name	IOU Working Paper Series
Number	105
Date	2010
Abstract Text	In this paper we discuss the strengths and limitations of Niklas Luhmann’s systems theory as a theoretical lens for studying organisations. We outline the main contributions of his work to contemporary organisation studies: the differentiation between social and psychological logics, the differentiation between different social systems, the radical process character of organisations, and the embeddedness of his organisation theory into a larger theory of society. Based on a discussion of the main limitations of Luhmann’s theory we propose an agenda for the future development of his theory.
Official URL	http://ssrn.com/abstract=1552847
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Keywords	Niklas Luhmann, Theory of Social Systems, Autopoiesis, Organization Theory