This paper explores how the dynamics of complex biological processes can be modeled as an organisation of multiple agents. This modelling perspective identifies organisational structure occurring in complex decentralised processes and handles complexity of the analysis of the dynamics by structuring these dynamics according to an organisational structure. More specifically, dynamic properties a...

This study's primary goal is to investigate all variables that are reported affect the organisational structure in same research model. For this purpose, effects of Top Management Team profile variables, including Strategic Decision-Making Style and Group Size, Environmental Dynamism, Hostility, Organization Size (both annual turnover number employees taken separately as indicators organisation...

The terms ‘knowledge economy’ or ‘knowledge society’ have become increasingly accepted, and form part of the management lexicon as recognition grows of the valuable role that intangible assets and knowledge perform in fi rm success. The challenge of managing and developing these assets is nevertheless a real and complex task. Those assets which potentially contribute the most value to fi rms ar...

In the 1980's, we saw an increase in the attention paid to organizational culture as an important determinant of organizational success. Many experts began to argue that developing a strong organizational culture is essential for success. While the link between organizational culture and organizational effectiveness is far from certain, there is no denying that each organization has a unique so...

The increasing complexity in highly technological systems such as aviation, maritime, air traffic control, telecommunications, nuclear power plants, space missions, chemical and petroleum industry, and healthcare and patient safety is leading to potentially disastrous failure modes and new kinds of safety issues. Traditional accident modelling approaches are not adequate to analyse accidents th...

Most cooperation support systems require information about the organisational context in which they are used. This is particularly required when systems are used in a large organisation or for the support of inter-organisational cooperation. Following from this requirement, this paper presents the design and functionality of the organisational information system TOSCA for cooperation support sy...

In this article we consider some of the ways in which narrative approaches might contribute towards a better understanding of organisational knowledge management. The telling of stories has a long, rich, and varied tradition, stretching back hundreds of years. In the study of organisations, storytelling can be seen as part of a wider field of enquiry, Organisational Discourse, which seeks to as...

The architecture of a multi-agent system can naturally be viewed as a computational organisation. For this reason, we believe organisational abstractions should play a central role in the analysis and design of such systems. To this end, the concepts of agent roles and role models are increasingly being used to specify and design multi-agent systems. However, this is not the full picture. In th...

The current complexity of organisational environments is related to the challenges of the knowledge economy and it calls for a drastic and breakthrough development of conceptual frameworks able to inform new and innovative organisational practices. Knowledge management and organisational learning already take this lead though it is necessary to complement them and to use deeper and more complex...

2 INTRODUCTION In tandem with the increasing interest in knowledge management and organisational learning, knowledge sharing has received strong attention among companies and academics over the last years. Sharing knowledge internally in organisations is often a key concern, and a central means to reap benefits of knowledge and learning. The rationale behind internal knowledge sharing in compar...