Holographic Organizations: Thinking Organizastions Like A Brain

Abstract

The brain is fully capable of functioning for the most important purposes of the human body. It consists of separate cells that carry the same information and allow this information to be transferred seamlessly to neighbouring cells. The flexible structure of the brain results in the ability to self-organize. The metaphor of thinking of organizations as a brain compares the organization to a set of functions that process and even learn information over the long term as the brain does. The metaphor of thinking as a brain addresses the collective intelligence of employees in all departments of an organization. Employees in all departments of the organization use the organized wisdom of management, the pratical knowledge of employees and the experience of management to create a learning organization. This study provides a brief theoretical understanding of the organization-as-brain metaphor, holographic organizations, and the principle of the whole into the parts. The study also addresses the application of the whole to the parts, from organizational processes, organizational DNA and holistic leadership.