Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1: Autopoiesis, Luhmann, Spencer Brown; Introduction; 1. New Systems Theory: The Concept of Self-Referential Autopoietic Systems; 2. Luhmann's Theory of Autopoietic Social Systems; 3. A Theory of Observation: Spencer Brown's Laws of Form; 4. The Laws of Form and the Theory of Social Systems; Chapter 2: Organisation as Autopoietic System; Introduction; 1. Organisation and Decision; 2. Organisation and Society; 3. Organisation and Interaction; 4. Organisational Culture; 5. Summary
Chapter 3: Organisational IdentityIntroduction; 1. Concepts of Organisational Identity in the Literature; 2. Organisational Identity in the Context of Autopoiesis; 3. Forms of Self-Description; 4. Multiple Self-Descriptions; 5. Summary; Chapter 4: The Logic of Self-Transformation; Introduction; 1. Self-Transformation and the Concept of Change; 2. The Decision to Change the Self-Description; 3. Paradox and the Risk of Paralysis; 4. Loose Coupling, Episode and Interactionally Framed Decision Processes; 5. Summary; Chapter 5: An Evolutionary Model of Self-Transformation; Introduction
1. Luhmann's General Theory of Evolution2. Variation and the Interactionally Framed Decision Process; 3. Selection and the Differentiation between Organisation and Interactionally Framed Decision Process; 4. Re-Stabilisation; 5. Summary; Conclusion: The Distinctions of the Study; Bibliography; Index
