Strategic Analysis of Organizations: A Model from the Complexity Paradigm1

Abstract

This paper intends to explore in detail a theoretical path based on the complexity paradigm, establishing the basic premises to found firmly an approximation that tries to reconcile structure and event. In such a sense, the analysis of organizations will find its basic elements in complexity, uncertainty, and self-organization. Its starting point is located in the reconceptualization of strategy, as one of the most important axis of action in and around organizations. This will be done from the discussion of our proposal of Strategic Analysis of Organizations. We must depart from the discussion of the strategy concept in its amplest meaning. This will allow us to clarify its meaning and unravel its conceptual richness at a corporate level through the strategic analysis of its circuits of power, related with corporate strategy and industrial relations strategy. Also, we analyze the imbrications between the two identified circuits.