Abstract

SAN EMETERIO, César Pablo. Contingent boundary delimitation of the organizational space based on knowledge processes. Contad. Adm [online]. 2014, vol.59, n.2, pp.41-63. ISSN 0186-1042.

The aim of this article is to call into question the concept of organization delimited as a social object of discrete character, in order to propose that the organizational space is a product of multiple operations of knowledge that conform and delimit its spatiality in a contingently and current way, according to the knowledge process that are functioning at that time. Going along with this line of thought, we differentiate the roles of the management system, the standardization system and judicial-legal system in the delimitation of the spatiality of the organizational phenomenon and we propose that this delimitation produces a rethinking of the management system as to internal system of the discrete organization. Consequently, this results in rethinking the political dimension that is present in the organizational phenomenon. This also impacts on the processes of including subjects in this complex spatiality. We conclude that the concept of organization as a social object of discrete character is not only insufficient to conceptualize the organizational phenomenon, but is also insufficient as a tool for organized action.

Keywords : discrete organization; organizational space; knowledge processes; contingent boundaries; subjectivity.

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