Organisations as adaptive systems and their managerial implications

Research presented to the Stricto Sensu Graduate Program in Administration of the Centro de Ci ncias Sociais Aplicadas of the Universidade Regional de Blumenau, to obtain the Master's Degree in Administration, to the examining board formed by: Prof. Maria Jos Carvalho de Souza Domingues, Dr. - Advisor; Prof. Margarita Nilda Barretto Angeli, Dra., FURB; Emerson Mainardes, Dr., FUCAPE. Year of defense: In 2014.