Niklas Luhmann neosystemic theory and the notion of communicative autopoiesis in organizational studies

Abstract

In recent years, scholars from post-structuralist social philosophy have debated aspects related to self-referential possibilities of communication and language. Nowadays, there are several theoretical viewpoints converging at a constructivist, systemic and ecological self-definition. The idea of communicative autopoiesis is proposed in this article as a possible alternative to the autopoietic limitations in observing organizations.

Keywords:
Self-referential systems theory; Post-structuralism; Organizational studies; Communicative autopoiesis.