Introduction: Niklas Luhman’s autopoietic theory and organization studies-a space of connections -- Communications with decisions as medium and form-some notes on Niklas Luhmann’s theory of organization -- Organization -- The Marco-micro problem in organization theory: Luhmann’s autopoiesis as a way handing recursively -- The emergence of autopoietic organization -- Observing organizations: an evaluation of Luhmann’s organization theory -- Organizational identity in Luhmann’s theory of social systems -- Polyphonic organizations -- Management within system -- Luhmann and management: a critique of the management theory in organization and entscheidung -- The undesirability of decision -- The emergence of open-source software projects: how to stabilize self-organizing processes in emergent systems -- Standards for care and statutory flexibility

1. Management
2. Organization