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ISBN-13: 9780306465000

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ISBN-13: 9780306474651

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Levi-Strauss (1968) regards Wiener as having made an outstanding contribution to structural studies. Piaget (1973) is very complimentary about the achievement of cybernetics in synthesizing information and communication theories with guiding and regulatory theories. Reviewing structuralism as a methodology, Craib (1992) recognizes a number of advantages. As well as emphasizing relationships between basic elements, it points us to the need to study structures, below the surface level, which are less observable but may have more explanatory power than those at the surface.

But if task uncertainty was high, alternative structures would be required, based on strategies either to reduce the need for information processing or to increase the capacity for it. In the new edition of Images of Organization (1997), Morgan expands his treatment of organizations as brains, giving much more attention to the idea of “learning organizations” and how they can be created. He is convinced that the brain metaphor raises many important possibilities if we can understand how to design complex systems that are capable of learning in a brain-like way.

Metaphors are not, therefore, incommensurable but can be used by a skilled manager, alone or with others, to enhance creative insight and develop critical thinking: Metaphor encourages us to think and act in new ways. It extends horizons of insight and creates new possibilities. As we gain comfort in using the implications of different metaphors in this way, we quickly learn that the insights of one metaphor can often help us overcome the limitations of another ... Metaphors lead to new metaphors, creating a mosaic of competing and complementary insights.

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