The Nature of Organizing: A Relational Approach to Understanding Business Sustainability

IF 4.2 4区 管理学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Jason Good, A. Thorpe
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Abstract

Organizational and natural phenomena mutually constitute one another through time and across space. Yet the current management literature that involves both organizational and natural phenomena is piecemeal and dualistic. In being piecemeal, domains are disconnected, and in being dualistic, they tend to assume that organizations and nature are separate and opposing. This article addresses these issues by developing an analytical framework of the relations that mutually constitute organizational and natural phenomena, while couching the effort in the burgeoning sustainability management literature. The framework development process produces four types of relations that mutually constitute organizational and natural phenomena: here-now, here-then, there-now, and there-then relations. The article then uses this framework to connect disparate domains of the organizational literature that involve natural phenomena. Ultimately, the article suggests an overarching proposition for further research, as well as practical questions for organizations to consider in order to better manage their relations with the natural world.
组织的本质:理解商业可持续性的关系方法
组织现象和自然现象在时间和空间上相互构成。然而,目前涉及组织现象和自然现象的管理文献是零碎和二元的。在零敲碎打的过程中,领域是断开的,在二元的过程中,它们倾向于假设组织和自然是分开的和对立的。本文通过开发相互构成组织和自然现象的关系的分析框架来解决这些问题,同时在新兴的可持续性管理文献中进行努力。框架发展过程产生了四种相互构成组织和自然现象的关系:此时此地、此时此地、此时此地、彼时此地和彼时此地关系。然后,本文将使用该框架连接涉及自然现象的组织文献的不同领域。最后,这篇文章提出了一个值得进一步研究的总体命题,以及组织为了更好地管理它们与自然世界的关系而考虑的实际问题。
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CiteScore
11.20
自引率
5.70%
发文量
19
期刊介绍: Organization & Environment encourages informed discussion about the social roots and consequences of environmental problems and stimulates deeper reflection on the meaning and significance of the natural world. By critically examining the impact of human production and consumption systems on the natural environment, Organization & Environment develops new perspectives on organizations that encourage environmentally sensitive reflection, inquiry, and practice.
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