Synergy in Global Organizations. The application of grounded theory in developing a substantive theory for achieving synergy in globally diversified organizations

In politics the equivalent of a fully developed scientific theory or phi]losophical system is a totalitarian dictatorship. In eco]nomics, the equivalent of a beautifully composed work of art is the smoothly running factory in which the workers are perfectly adjusted to the machines. The Will to Order can make tyrants out of those who merely aspire to clear up a mess. The beauty of tidi]ness is used as a justification for despotism. Organization is indispensable; for liberty arises and has meaning only within a self-regulating community of freely cooperating individuals. But, though indispensable, organization can also be fatal. Too much or]ganization transforms men and women into automata, suffocates the creative spirit and abolishes the very possibility of freedom. As usual, the only safe course is in the middle, between the extremes of laissez-faire at one end of the scale and of total control at the other. During the past century the successive advances in technology have been accompanied by corresponding advances in organization ...»