Works
- Organizational learning, circularity and double-linking, Management Learning 28(2), 149 to 160, 1997
- Toward the learning organization: the case of circular re-engineering, Knowledge and Process Management 5(3), 158 to 164, 1998
- Construction principles and design rules in the case of circular design, Organization Science 17(2), 287 to 297, 2006
In Organizational Structures
Known for
Sociocracy and design science in organization studies.
Ideas
Double linking. Double linking between teams, as used in several Dutch organizations and elaborating Likert's single linking pin and Ackoff's circularity, gives a team-based hierarchy vertical links that carry information both upward and downward. Caveat: Conceptual.
Science-based design of circular organizations. Explicit construction principles and design rules guide circular (sociocratic) designs and help carry learning from one project to the next. Caveat: Reported by the method's designers.