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Deleuze and Guattari’s contributions to a rhizomatic perspective of organizations

Abstract

This theoretical essay presents the organization from a rhizomatic perspective of study, using the theoretical conceptions proposed by Deleuze and Guattari to expand the possibilities of organization studies. A rhizomatic perspective highlights a multiplicity of ways of thinking about the organization, expressing and not denying the power that constitutes it. This essay seeks to continue the theoretical efforts proposed to overcome the construction of organizational theory marked by functionalism, a characteristic of a modern organization that hinders the proliferation of new study perspectives. Therefore, the rhizomatic perspective on organizations follows an organization-rhizome becoming, composed of lines that may appear as segmentation (organization, classification), or appear as lines breaking into lines of flight (of a transformation of multiplicity). Therefore, the rhizomatic organization presents itself as a subversive form of the organization.

Keywords:
Organization Theory; Deleuze and Guattari; Multiplicity; Rhizomatic Organization

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