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What a Mess! Participation as a Simple Managerial Rule to ‘Complexify’ Organizations

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  • Donde P. Ashmos
  • Dennis Duchon
  • Reuben R. McDaniel, Jr
  • John W. Huonker

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This paper adopts a view of organizations as complex adaptive systems and makes a case for making organizations more complex internally through the use of a fairly simple managerial rule – using participative decision making. Participation in decision making enhances connectivity in organizations, which in turn, gives the organization the opportunity to self‐organize and co‐evolve in more effective ways than when there is minimal connectivity (i.e., autocracy). The paper uses a specific body of research to support the arguments about why participation can benefit the practice of management in modern organizations.

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  • Donde P. Ashmos & Dennis Duchon & Reuben R. McDaniel, Jr & John W. Huonker, 2002. "What a Mess! Participation as a Simple Managerial Rule to ‘Complexify’ Organizations," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 39(2), pages 189-206, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jomstd:v:39:y:2002:i:2:p:189-206
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-6486.00288
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    1. Jermias, Johnny & Setiawan, Trisnawati, 2008. "The moderating effects of hierarchy and control systems on the relationship between budgetary participation and performance," The International Journal of Accounting, Elsevier, vol. 43(3), pages 268-292, September.
    2. Accard, Philippe, 2015. "Complex hierarchy: The strategic advantages of a trade-off between hierarchical supervision and self-organizing," European Management Journal, Elsevier, vol. 33(2), pages 89-103.
    3. Rogiest, Sofie & Segers, Jesse & van Witteloostuijn, Arjen, 2018. "Matchmaking in organizational change: Does every employee value participatory leadership? An empirical study," Scandinavian Journal of Management, Elsevier, vol. 34(1), pages 1-8.
    4. Meng, Qingfeng & Li, Zhen & Liu, Huimin & Chen, Jingxian, 2017. "Agent-based simulation of competitive performance for supply chains based on combined contracts," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 193(C), pages 663-676.

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