External organization
The opposite of self-organization is external organization. A system or an organization is guided by rules.
External organization leads to standardization, role formation, institutionalization and formalization processes that have a double function. On the one hand, they reduce the non-countable number of alternative courses of action to a tolerable level and, on the other hand, they enable the maintenance of the respective expectation even if the situation changes. In this way, a social system seems to be able to develop a regulatory law that enables it to draw its boundaries towards the environment .
The hierarchy principle is the control instrument for organizational action. The hierarchy is to be seen as part of the organization .
To see the entire business process embedded in a hierarchical system of order is not an unusual business idea. This is aimed at the functionally necessary condition that specialized organizations based on the division of labor have economic advantages. The establishment of a hierarchical organization, which is often referred to as an organizational structure , serves to stabilize and establish existing relationships of power.
literature
Marcus Niggl: Corporate management in the tension between self and external organization . Shaker Verlag , Aachen 1998 ISBN 3-8265-5704-2