Analysis of Organizational Theories by the metaphor of the body and the Evolution of Lamarck

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is the analysis of organizational theories about the evolution of the generation of knowledge to organizational management. This analysis ranges from 1970 to 1990, particularly theories derived from open systems approach promoted by the General Systems Theory Betarlanffy (1986). Therefore the analysis method is through the metaphoric reflection body suggested by Morgan (1990). Similarly, it is considered that the comparison of such developments must be in the same direction, so the benchmark is the first biological theory of transformational evolution of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck. This to simplify comparison of evolutionary theories, and thus provide a new way to understand the similarities that keep and developments that have taken for greater understanding and conceptualization.

Keywords: Evolution, theory, organizations.