‘Open Purpose’: Embracing organizations as expressive systems

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Autor(a) principal: Clegg, S.
Data de Publicação: 2021
Outros Autores: Cunha, M. P., Rego, J., Santos, F.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/25260
Resumo: The concept of purpose gained prominence in organization theory in recent years but there are discrepant views of its meaning, which we review as evolving and different perspectives: economic theories of the firm; stakeholder approaches; integrative social contracts; and social mission. We elaborate these perspectives in terms of the ebb and flow of ideas and eras. Against these instrumental views, we revisit the work of Robert Cooper, namely the ever-open purpose of expressive organizations, and contrast this with fixist views of purpose in instrumental organizations. We engage with the logic of open purpose and sketch a way of rethinking purpose as a general orientation that constantly evolves and changes over time in interaction with its ecosystem.
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title ‘Open Purpose’: Embracing organizations as expressive systems
spellingShingle ‘Open Purpose’: Embracing organizations as expressive systems
Clegg, S.
Expressive systems
Instrumental systems
Integrative social contracts
Open purpose
Purpose
Robert Cooper
Social mission
Stakeholder approaches
Theories of the firm
title_short ‘Open Purpose’: Embracing organizations as expressive systems
title_full ‘Open Purpose’: Embracing organizations as expressive systems
title_fullStr ‘Open Purpose’: Embracing organizations as expressive systems
title_full_unstemmed ‘Open Purpose’: Embracing organizations as expressive systems
title_sort ‘Open Purpose’: Embracing organizations as expressive systems
author Clegg, S.
author_facet Clegg, S.
Cunha, M. P.
Rego, J.
Santos, F.
author_role author
author2 Cunha, M. P.
Rego, J.
Santos, F.
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Clegg, S.
Cunha, M. P.
Rego, J.
Santos, F.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Expressive systems
Instrumental systems
Integrative social contracts
Open purpose
Purpose
Robert Cooper
Social mission
Stakeholder approaches
Theories of the firm
topic Expressive systems
Instrumental systems
Integrative social contracts
Open purpose
Purpose
Robert Cooper
Social mission
Stakeholder approaches
Theories of the firm
description The concept of purpose gained prominence in organization theory in recent years but there are discrepant views of its meaning, which we review as evolving and different perspectives: economic theories of the firm; stakeholder approaches; integrative social contracts; and social mission. We elaborate these perspectives in terms of the ebb and flow of ideas and eras. Against these instrumental views, we revisit the work of Robert Cooper, namely the ever-open purpose of expressive organizations, and contrast this with fixist views of purpose in instrumental organizations. We engage with the logic of open purpose and sketch a way of rethinking purpose as a general orientation that constantly evolves and changes over time in interaction with its ecosystem.
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