A practical application of allostasis as a remedy for organizational homeostasis devastated by turbulent environment based on chosen example (case study)

• Authors: Bursiak Leszek
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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The purpose of this article is to introduce organizational application of allostasis. This is to be used as a very convenient replacement of homeostasis which has been lost due to adverse circumstances created by a turbulent environment. This application is derived by the continuous diagnosis and observation of the chosen sample. The sample has been positioned in various organizational situations represented by FOGT’s businesses organization from 1982 to 2014. The situation is determined by a recognized level of organizational effectiveness or potential ineffectiveness caused by dysfunctions created by surroundings. In such circumstances organizational homeostasis based on stability does not exist and it has to be replaced by allostasis. When homeostasis represents the idea of achieving organizational stability through constancy, allostasis represents the idea of achieving stability through change. This article presents a brief summary of the results of the diagnosis based on qualitative, long lasted depth analysis. The author's tool “The business life cycle model of organizational effectiveness influenced by dysfunctions” is based on the research of the organizational situation. The summary interprets all outcomes of the research and expresses the sense of implemented organizational adaptation through changes as allostasis.

Keywords

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homeostasis; allostasis; organization; changes; organizational situation; organizational effectiveness vs. ineffectiveness; organizational life cycle; diagnosing; positioning; dysfunctions

• Publisher: Zachodniopomorska Szkoła Biznesu w Szczecinie
• Journal: Zeszyty Naukowe ZPSB Firma i Rynek
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 1(51)
• Pages: 17-30

Contributors

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Bursiak Leszek

• Zachodniopomorska Szkoła Biznesu