01097pab a2200169 454500 180718b2002 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Ashmos, Donde P. et al. What a mess.' participation as a simple managerial rule to `complexity' organizations. 2002 p.189-206. Mar 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. Organizations Management Journal of Management Studies 53602 53602 53602 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 39, Issue no: 2 AR54047 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR