ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY, SYSTEMIC THINKING AND SYSTEM MANAGEMENT

Abstract

Organizational theory, as a field of study, offers to those interested some effective ways of thinking. This knowledge helps managers make organizational behavior more efficient through analyzing complex situations and developing effective tools to resolve them. In other words, it opens human mind to different aspects of life inside and outside the organization. Therefore, the value of organizational theory is in changing managers' thinking ways, thought patterns and performance. But a fact should also be considered, that organizational theories, affected by the passage of time and existing changes, have transformed and become variant, thus have not been always neatly compatible with one another. To the extent that, some scientists have considered this situation as a shaky foundation for a scientific discipline. In the same vein, the present paper investigates systemic thinking as a new knowledge of organizational theory. The literature indicates that knowing this thinking is essential and it triggers change in people's thought and attitudes, as such, organizations' management, i.e., systems' management becomes more effective. But through more reflecting, it can be apprehended that this knowledge is accompanied by some contradictions and complexities that harm its coherence and scientific message. This situation requires wisdom, reinvestigation and reform.