THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO SELF-ORGANIZATION IN MANAGEMENT

Abstract

The paper compares approaches to self-organization. The term can refer to various subjects and objects of research. Theoretical approaches contain the following elements: adaptability, self-regulation and openness of the system, consistency of actions, relevant competencies to tasks, self-development and self-training of personnel, dynamic equilibrium or its absence. Self-organization occurs when the subject of management delegates to the management object. Consequently, any decisions initiated by an object with a leadership is self-organization. The management object migrates to the domain of the management subject based on self-organization. It leads to self-development and restructuring of the management system based on motivational factors such as doing tasks, responsibility (according to McGregor’s Theory Y of motivation) and effectiveness based on the use of delegation and employee initiatives. Scrum-masters, research and teaching staff, graduate students in the field of management and readers interested in management intend the article for reading. Purpose: comparing to self-organization theoretical approaches and creating self-development model and a management system based on the self-organization principle. Methodology: the paper analyzes the research papers of foreign and Russian authors. The author applies deductive, synthesis, decomposition and graphical methods in research. Results: the author created self-development model and the management system based on the self-organization principle. Practical implications: the results obtained are applicable for the management system making focused on the agile organizations.

Keywords

• self-organization
• management theory
• emergence
• employee initiative
• agile organization