Complexity and diversity of knowledge in the organizational transformation : the perceptions of professionals directly involved with successful projects / Complexidade e diversidade de saberes na transformação organizacional : a percepção de profissionais diretamente envolvidos com projetos bem sucedidos

AUTOR(ES)

Reinaldo Koei Yonamine

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

RESUMO

This study approaches the span of problems of fragmentation / diversity of knowledge in the context of complexity. The scientific specializations, despite great and undeniable contributions, supplies insufficient or even irrelevant solutions in complex situations. The focus in this study is the process of organizational transformation. This study is based on an empirical research that begins from a work hypothesis, unfolded in four interconnected propositions: 1. the process of organizational transformation is complex; 2. the complexity implies that the necessary knowledge for the comprehension and management of the process is from diverse natures (interest, cultural, cognitive, functional); 3. to integrate such diversity of knowledge without nullifying it is one of the critical factors for the success of the project of organizational transformation 4. the models of organizational transformation regard the three former propositions. A semi-structured interview was presented to seven professionals with more than 15 years experience and who were directly involved in very successful organizational transformation projects. The collected data was analyzed according to the “content analysis” with a categorization according to the propositions of the work hypothesis that is thus tested by the consistency of the obtained answers. The theoretical system of references consisted of three factors: 1. History of the initiation of integration of knowledge (multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary) and the organized movements of integration. 2. Mapping dispersions of knowledge in three main branches of the human sciences (Psychology, Anthropology and Sociology). 3. Inventory of academic contributions about organizational transformation relating to the propositions of the work hypothesis. The analysis results confirm the work hypothesis. One meta-conclusion is that the academy itself can benefit from the knowledge of the organizational transformation to increase the integration of its disciplines.

ASSUNTO(S)

psicologia organizacional organizational sociology cultural anthropology antropologia cultural paradigma sociologia organizacional transdisciplinarity interdisciplinarity paradigm organizational change interdisciplinaridade transdisciplinaridade mudança organizacional industrial psychology

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