Organisational intelligence
Abstract
Purpose
Seeks to explore the notion of organisational intelligence as a simple extension of the notion of the idea of collective intelligence.
Design/methodology/approach
Discusses organisational intelligence using previous research, which includes the Purpose, Properties and Practice model of Dealtry, and the Viable Systems model.
Findings
The notion of organisational intelligence requires a metaphorically defined psychological frame of reference. In trying to formulate this metaphor, there has been a need to explore the collective from a psychological perspective. Applications of the notion of organisational intelligence operate in a variety of areas, and two of these are in organisational learning and managerial cybernetics. In the latter an interest lies in dealing with organisational pathologies, resulting in viable systems.
Originality/value
Addresses the need for developing organisational intelligence.
Keywords
Citation
Yolles, M. (2005), "Organisational intelligence", Journal of Workplace Learning, Vol. 17 No. 1/2, pp. 99-114. https://doi.org/10.1108/13665620510574496
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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