Archypel emerged out of practical and scientific insights from 2004 and unwards. It shows us the socio-structural, socio-cultural and socio-political effects of technological and organizational changes on organizations and people, and vice versa. It often triggers bureaucratic mechanisms resulting in out-of-control, inflexible organizations. Out-of-the-box thinking and acting is required to recover and to regain the lost timely adjustment. |
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Metaphorically, Archypel takes its name from the word archipelago. It refers to the continuous and natural ordering of organizational complexity. Such an ordering offers control as well as change; it (re-)creates the conditions for timely adjustment. The "Y" in Archypel symbolises this by pointing to the timely adjusted inter-connections between: structure, culture, (IT) systems, and people in relation to the underlying practiced routines, principles and beliefs. |
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