Postmodernism: Organization-Environment relations

Postmodernism is very instrumental in understanding management and organization-environment relations. The postmodern view of the organization- environment relationship is most often base on the concept of chaos and complexity. From a complexity theories point of view, the boundary between the organization and the environment becomes blurred. This traditional view addresses how the organization needs to understand the dimensions of the environment and how to respond to the ongoing environmental changes. Postmodernism influences and increases the rate of change and global competitiveness. As a result of postmodernism, organizations recognize the necessity of introduction of more adaptable arrangements, such as homework, teamwork, cross-training, job switching, multiskilling and multitasking, subcontracting, outsourcing, contingent employment contracts, etc. In addition, postmodernism helps to create a good work environment and promote the development of organizations as it gives a ‘more rounded’ approach to problem solving and decision-making.
Postmodernism is more instrumental than modernism in promoting and developing ideas that could create a good work environment to increase the growth and development of any organization. This is due to the fact that It enables us to be critically-reflexive practitioners in understanding how ideologies and assumptions (our own and others), organizational structures, and processes can silence and marginalize groups and individuals. (Hatch & Cunliffe, 2013).
In contrast to the modernism concept, which insists on parochial responsibility, postmodernism concept insists that everyone takes responsibility for the success of the organization as a whole. All employees are stimulated, through systematic and regular meetings with managers, to share their ideas and express tactics , which might be very useful for continuous re-definition of tasks. The aim is to learn by doing and by listening to the colleagues’ opinions