Organisational intelligence
- 1 January 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Emerald in Journal of Workplace Learning
- Vol. 17 (1/2), 99-114
- https://doi.org/10.1108/13665620510574496
Abstract
Purpose – Seeks to explore the notion of organisational intelligence as a simple extension of the notion of the idea of collective intelligence. Design/methodology/approach – Discusses organisational intelligence using previous research, which includes the Purpose, Properties and Practice model of Dealtry, and the Viable Systems model. Findings – The notion of organisational intelligence requires a metaphorically defined psychological frame of reference. In trying to formulate this metaphor, there has been a need to explore the collective from a psychological perspective. Applications of the notion of organisational intelligence operate in a variety of areas, and two of these are in organisational learning and managerial cybernetics. In the latter an interest lies in dealing with organisational pathologies, resulting in viable systems. Originality/value – Addresses the need for developing organisational intelligence.Keywords
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