A framework for creativity-oriented autonomy based on online social networks
Description
The paper deals with the problem of enabling greater autonomy in knowledge intensive organizations leading to innovation. Adoption of online social networks in organizations is a suggested solution. We draw lessons on autonomy and its effects from a real-world illustration. We examine the consequences of online social network adoption within businesses and societies. These may be viewed as self organizing systems. The autonomy-orientation of employees and members of a society is the underlying basis for this study. Stable states (attractors) in self organized systems are known to enslave or constrain the constituents of a system. The reduced enslavement in online social networks is a prominent feature of our proposed new attractor regime to which organizations in any society will shift. We discuss the enabling of this shift in terms of autonomy and self organization.
Copyright Date
January 2011
Publication Date
1-1-2011
Pagination
136-141p.
DOI
10.13140/2.1.3924.3204
Keywords
Social networks
Conference
COGNITIVE 2011, The Third International Conference on Advanced Cognitive Technologies and Applications, 25-30 September, 2011, Rome, Italy