Negentropy: Energy Creating Tools for Organizational Development

Autor/inn/en	Carr-Chellman, Ali; Kitchel, Allen; Freeman, Sydney
Titel	Negentropy: Energy Creating Tools for Organizational Development
Quelle	In: TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 64 (2020) 2, S.275-279 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Carr-Chellman, Ali)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	8756-3894
DOI	10.1007/s11528-019-00448-5
Schlagwörter	Organizational Development; Systems Development; Organizational Change; Sustainability + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Organisationsentwicklung; System development; Systementwicklung; Organisationswandel; Nachhaltigkeit
Abstract	Negentropy is a construct drawn from physics that can be conceptualized as the opposite of energy losses associated with normal organizational life. Over time, physical systems tend to "wind down" or entropy, eventually into disintegration. The application of negentropy to social systems, metaphorically, is the primary purpose of this paper--to propose negentropy as a tool to fight energy loss and consequent organizational disintegration. The application of negentropy to organizations and the limitations of that application are explored. Four specific tools for energy-creation are briefly reviewed. The theoretical assertion in this paper is that negentropy can be a powerful tool for sustainable, progressive models of organizational advancement. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01