The article starts with a criticism of John Dunlop's systems theory of industrial relations. The
article argues that some of the weaknesses of Dunlop's approach can be overcome by a …

The central concept around which the theory of social systems as developed by the later
Niklas Luhmann is built is the concept of autopoiesis, originally developed by the two …

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Niklas Luhmann's sociological systems theory sees in an organisation neither a group of
acting individuals nor a single corporative actor, but instead a social system. For Luhmann, a …

The papers included in this special issue of Industrielle'Beziehungen were first presented as
part of Track 4 of the 13th World Congress of the International Industrial Relations …

In the first chapter, it was pointed out that this thesis should deliver a both/andapproach to
strategy. This both/and-approach should make clear that making sense of one's environment …

When the so-called Habermas-Luhmann debate was inaugurated in 1971 1 with the volume
in Suhrkamp's Theory Series much was already pre-decided by the title: Theory of Society or …

Niklas Luhmann never self-identified as a relational sociologist. His is a theory of social
systems. Some relational sociologists tend to assume that the concept of system can only be …

Niklas Luhmann's theory of social systems has been widely influential in the German-
speaking countries in the past few decades. However, despite its significance, particularly …

Cultural theories of organization generally focus on deciphering and deconstructing forms of
meaning and social constructions of reality used in organizational behaviour. In line with this …