IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/zna/indecs/v8y2010i1p34-48.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Complexity in Organizations and Environment - Adaptive Changes and Adaptive Decision-Making

Author

Listed:
  • Robert Fabac

    (Faculty of Organization and Informatics, University of Zagreb)

Abstract

The features of complexity are ever more present in modern organizations and in environments in which they operate, trying to survive and be as competitive as possible.) In the processes of, the so-called emergence, the formal organizational structure, designed purposefully and with a plan, is going through a change due to complexity and the need for adaptation. As a result, there is a variety of new informal groups. At the same time, the intended structural changes and business process changes occur because of the perception that the leadership and senior organizational management have of the strategic situation. Managers in modern organizations often use business intelligence (BI) systems when making important business decisions. These systems offer support to the decision-making by gathering and processing relevant data and information about the company performance, but also about the data on conditions in close and remote environment. A modern company is characterized by the complex adaptive system, but the environment in which it operates together with other business subjects (agents) is also complex. Consequently, the requirements for appropriate or optimal decisions and successfully completed activities are hard to meet. Given that expected future events and circumstances often occur in nonlinear mechanisms, the decisions made by following the models of traditional predicting and planning are not satisfactory. This calls for new approaches to decision making and acting.

Suggested Citation

  • Robert Fabac, 2010. "Complexity in Organizations and Environment - Adaptive Changes and Adaptive Decision-Making," Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems - scientific journal, Croatian Interdisciplinary Society Provider Homepage: http://indecs.eu, vol. 8(1), pages 34-48.
    • Handle: RePEc:zna:indecs:v:8:y:2010:i:1:p:34-48
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://indecs.eu/2010/indecs2010-pp34-48.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Oecd, 2001. "Understanding the Digital Divide," OECD Digital Economy Papers 49, OECD Publishing.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Olabode Adeleke Oyewunmi & Omotayo Adewale Osibanjo & Hezekiah Oluwabusayo Falola & Olusola Joshua Olujobi, 2017. "Optimization by Integration: A Corporate Governance and Human Resource Management Dimension," International Review of Management and Marketing, Econjournals, vol. 7(1), pages 265-272.
    2. Orlando VOICA & Cristina VEITH & Iyad ISBAITA, 2021. "Aspects Of Organizational Communication Influencing The Success Of Change," Proceedings of the INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE, Faculty of Management, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 15(1), pages 849-858, November.
    3. Akhtar, Ch. Shoaib & Awan, Sajid Hussain & Naveed, Shaheryar & Ismail, Kamariah, 2018. "A comparative study of the application of systems thinking in achieving organizational effectiveness in Malaysian and Pakistani banks," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 27(4), pages 767-776.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Isaiah Olurinola & Romanus Osabohien & Bosede Ngozi Adeleye & Ifeoluwa Ogunrinola & Jacob Isaac Omosimua & Tyrone De Alwis, 2021. "Digitalization and Innovation in Nigerian Firms," Asian Economic and Financial Review, Asian Economic and Social Society, vol. 11(3), pages 263-277, March.
    2. Olimpia NEAGU, 2019. "Digital Divide Gap Convergence Across European Union: The Role Of Urbanisation," Contemporary Economy Journal, Constantin Brancoveanu University, vol. 4(1), pages 43-48.
    3. Akos Jakobi, 2013. "Space and virtuality: new characteristics of inequalities in the information society and economy," Review of Applied Socio-Economic Research, Pro Global Science Association, vol. 5(1), pages 4-14, June.
    4. Mendoza-Lozano, Frederick Andrés & Quintero-Peña, Jose Wilmar & García-Rodríguez, Jose Felix, 2021. "The digital divide between high school students in Colombia," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 45(10).
    5. Ventura, Eva & Satorra, Albert, 2015. "A multiple indicator model for panel data: an application to ICT area-level variation," 26th European Regional ITS Conference, Madrid 2015 127191, International Telecommunications Society (ITS).
    6. Adel Ben Youssef & Ludovic Ragni, 2008. "Uses of Information and Communication Technologies in Europe's Higher Education Institutions: From Digital Divides to Digital Trajectories," Post-Print halshs-00937212, HAL.
    7. repec:pri:cpanda:wp15%20-%20dimaggio%2bhargittai is not listed on IDEAS
    8. Pelzer, B. & Eisinga, R. & Franses, Ph.H.B.F., 2002. "Ecological panel inference in repeated cross sections," Econometric Institute Research Papers EI 2002-22, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), Econometric Institute.
    9. Cigan, Heidi, 2002. "The internet's contribution to progress and growth in Germany: The economic impact of the internet and the price structure of access," HWWA Reports 216, Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWA).
    10. Ivan Kuyumdzhiev, 2022. "Digitization Levels - the Path of Digital Transformation of Administrative Services in Higher Education," Izvestia Journal of the Union of Scientists - Varna. Economic Sciences Series, Union of Scientists - Varna, Economic Sciences Section, vol. 11(2), pages 133-139, August.
    11. Menzie D. Chinn & Robert W. Fairlie, 2007. "The determinants of the global digital divide: a cross-country analysis of computer and internet penetration," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 59(1), pages 16-44, January.
    12. Bera, Subhasis, 2019. "Club convergence and drivers of digitalization across Indian states," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 43(8), pages 1-1.
    13. Maria Rosalia Vicente & Ana Jesus Lopez, 2008. "Some empirical evidence on Internet diffusion in the New Member States and Candidate Countries of the European Union," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 15(13), pages 1015-1018.
    14. Jiafeng Gu, 2021. "Family Conditions and the Accessibility of Online Education: The Digital Divide and Mediating Factors," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(15), pages 1-14, August.
    15. Lamberti, Giuseppe & Lopez-Sintas, Jordi & Sukphan, Jakkapong, 2021. "The social process of internet appropriation: Living in a digitally advanced country benefits less well-educated Europeans," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 45(1).
    16. Luís Ribeiro & José Barata & Pedro Barreira, 2009. "Is Ambient Intelligence a truly Human-Centric Paradigm in Industry? Current Research and Application Scenario," Enterprise and Work Innovation Studies, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, IET/CICS.NOVA-Interdisciplinary Centre on Social Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, vol. 5(5), pages 25-35, November.
    17. Chang, Younghoon & Shahzeidi, Mehri & Kim, Hyerin & Park, Myeong-cheol, 2012. "Gender digital divide and online participation: A cross-national analysis," 19th ITS Biennial Conference, Bangkok 2012: Moving Forward with Future Technologies - Opening a Platform for All 72506, International Telecommunications Society (ITS).
    18. Hildegunn Kyvik NordÅs, 2001. "Patterns of foreign direct investment in poor countries," The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 11(3), pages 247-265.
    19. Amy Antonio & David Tuffley, 2014. "The Gender Digital Divide in Developing Countries," Future Internet, MDPI, vol. 6(4), pages 1-15, October.
    20. Mansell, Robin & Nioras, Alexander, 2001. "E-commerce web site attributes: differentiating hype from reality," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 19031, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    21. Sayyid Ali Banihashemi & Zahra Rejaei, 2015. "Analysis of the Digital Divide in Asia-Islamic Countries: A TOPSIS Approach," Journal of Asian Scientific Research, Asian Economic and Social Society, vol. 5(4), pages 165-176, April.

    More about this item

    Keywords

    complexity; complex adaptive systems; business intelligence; decision-making;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory
    • D73 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
    • L22 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Organization and Market Structure

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:zna:indecs:v:8:y:2010:i:1:p:34-48. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Josip Stepanic (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.