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On the fruitfulness of the concept of partial organization: A rejoinder to Apelt et al

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  • Ahrne, Göran
  • Brunsson, Nils
  • Seidl, David

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This short paper responds to Apelt et al.’s (2017) comments on Ahrne et al.'s (2016) proposal of extending the concept of organization to any decided social orders and thereby putting organization studies at the centre of the social sciences. We highlight some misunderstandings about the aims of this proposal and discuss Apelt et al.’s own proposal of re-focusing organization studies on formal organizations based on Niklas Luhmann's systems theory.

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  • Ahrne, Göran & Brunsson, Nils & Seidl, David, 2017. "On the fruitfulness of the concept of partial organization: A rejoinder to Apelt et al," European Management Journal, Elsevier, vol. 35(3), pages 297-299.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:eurman:v:35:y:2017:i:3:p:297-299
    DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2017.04.003
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    1. Leonhard Dobusch & Dennis Schoeneborn, 2015. "Fluidity, Identity, and Organizationality: The Communicative Constitution of Anonymous," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 52(8), pages 1005-1035, December.
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    3. Apelt, Maja & Besio, Cristina & Corsi, Giancarlo & von Groddeck, Victoria & Grothe-Hammer, Michael & Tacke, Veronika, 2017. "Resurrecting organization without renouncing society: A response to Ahrne, Brunsson and Seidl," European Management Journal, Elsevier, vol. 35(1), pages 8-14.
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