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Title Biomimetic Organisations: A Management Model that Learns from Nature
ID_Doc 27299
Authors Olaizola, E; Morales-Sánchez, R; Eguiguren Huerta, M
Title Biomimetic Organisations: A Management Model that Learns from Nature
Year 2020
Published Sustainability, 12.0, 6
DOI 10.3390/su12062329
Abstract Since the end of the last century, different approaches for corporate management have been appearing that try to incorporate the social advances that are being produced and disseminated thanks to the greater capacity of communication available through social networks and other traditional avenues. Among the best known are Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability, the Circular Economy, and Collaborative Economics. All of them add value to organisations, and all of them have a common characteristic: they are anthropocentric approaches. Our proposal goes a step further: we need a worldview that is capable of placing organisations in a position of continuous learning looking at nature, because it is the best way to integrate into it as a more ecosystem and thus achieve its flowering respecting the once to all the other subsystems that make up the planet: Organizational Biomimicry. This work compares the anthropocentric vision with the worldview at the same time that it offers a guide of the essential steps so that Organizational Biomimicry is the new model of corporate management.
Author Keywords biomimicry; biomimetic organisations; corporate social responsibility; sustainability; circular economy; collaborative economy
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
EID WOS:000523751400176
WoS Category Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Environmental Sciences; Environmental Studies
Research Area Science & Technology - Other Topics; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
PDF https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/6/2329/pdf?version=1584437066
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