Self-organization in social systems

Complexity of the Internet-based Global Market has increased recently to such a degree that a conventional command-and-control management of businesses has difficulties in coping with frequent disruptive events generated by the market dynamics. The alternative is to design adaptive business processes capable of self-organizing with a view to neutralising consequences of every disruptive event before the next one occurs. Such business processes are themselves complex, and therefore are characterised by features such as emergent intelligence, emergent creativity and emergent leadership. A practical approach to designing self-organizing business systems, based on author’s substantial experience, is outlined.