This would seem to be a simple subject. Yet it is not. I have written and published on this topic from my perspective as a complexity theorist. A New Approach to a Theory of Management: Manage the Real Complex System, Not its Model Here's the abstract:
An organization is defined by the performance of function which is different from the way the organization is put together by its designers. An example is a business. The organizational chart is a poor way of understanding what actually goes into performing a task. The problem arises because of misunderstanding about to how events are caused. There is not just one type of causality, but there are four distinct kinds leading to closed causal loops. The causal entailment allows us to identify “functional components” that do not correspond to entities in an organizational chart or its accompanying job descriptions. Functional components are defined in a specific context and are destroyed if that context is altered significantly. By comparing a relational analysis of organizational functions with the standard organizational chart and its intent for getting things done, many problems in management can be given an explanation and thereby be solved.I published this in 2010 but the original version is much older. What I would like to do here is to give some new thoughts to carry the ideas further and apply them loosely to our current political situation. Hopefully the ideas can be helpful. One very central conflict for our present situation is that between the constitution ( the analogy to an organizational chart in a loose way) and a functioning government. Read on below and I will spell out what I am trying to get you to see.
