Organizing the world

We live in a different globalized world than 20 years ago. Social media has created new kinds of global communication platforms, and digital technology, big data, algorithms and AI have penetrated our everyday lives. These developments also shape and influence what we think, what we do, and how we make politics. We face enormous global challenges including climate change, pandemics, weak states, migrations, and digital wars. Where does organization figure in all of this? How can we understand these developments through organizational lenses?

Organization is a key concept for understanding global order. Despite the fact that there is no overarching world organization such as a world state, there are a number of organizations trying to organize others. Organization comes in different forms, being it as standards or sanctions spanning the borders of formal organizations, hybrid organizations combining different features, metaorganizations bringing other organizations together, formal organizations or fluid communicative constitutions. Yet, the global may also pose challenges for organization, leading to new forms of governance posing new questions.

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