Sociologists have begun to explore the gains for theory and research that might be achieved
by artificial intelligence technology: symbolic processors, expert systems, neural networks …

The paper describes a new project intended to provide a firmer theoretical and empirical
foundation for such tasks as enterprise modeling, enterprise integration, and process re …

Complexity is not only a feature of the systems we study, it is also a matter of the way in
which we organize our thinking about those systems. This second-order complexity invites …

Reviewers of the school effectiveness literature rarely forget to mention the importance of the
formation of theory. Yet, the actual practice of school effectiveness research is rather …

This volume represents an advance in our understanding of how to represent and reason
about organizational phenomena. Although organizational theorists have long grappled with …

This paper argues that micro-level individual properties may be expressed in choices of
macro-level organizational features. In particular, we believe that social-psychological …

The use of computational models in the social sciences has grown quickly in the past
decade. For many these models represent a bewildering and possibly intimidating approach …

Computational and mathematical organization theory is an interdisciplinary scientific area
whose research members focus on developing and testing organizational theory using …

How should organizations of intelligent agents be designed so that they exhibit high
performance despite information distortion? We present a formal information-based network …

Organizations are occasionally faced with technology-based and accident-triggered crises
that may cause costly disasters if not handled properly. Questions arise: How should …