Autopoiesis and the science of (public) administration: essence, sense and nonsense. From: Organization Studies | Date: March 22, 1993| Author: Kickert, Walter J.M. | COPYRIGHT 1993 Walter de Gruyter und Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The model of 'autopoiesis' - originally a biological model of a living system - has stimulated some outstanding social and administrative scientists to creative thinking about possible implications and applications. In this paper, the applicability of the model to the science of (public) administration is discussed. Applying a natural scientific model to a social science is hazardous. The paper begins with a description of the original model and a discussion of its systems theoretical implica...

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