Ashmos, Donde P. et al. <br/><br/>
What a mess.' participation as a simple managerial rule to `complexity' organizations. 

 -  2002 
 - p.189-206. 
 - Mar 
<br/><br/> This paper adopts a view of organizations as complex adaptive systems and makes a case for making organizations more complex internally through the use of a fairly simple managerial rule - using participative decision making.  Participation in decision making enhances connectivity in organizations, which in turn, gives the organization the opportunity to self-organize and co-evolve in more effective ways than when there is minimal connectivity (i.e., autocracy).  The paper uses a specific body of research to support the arguments about why participation can benefit the practice of management in modern organizations. - Reproduced. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Organizations<br/>Management