Intentionality and the emergence of complexity: an analytical approach

Pérez, Félix Fernando Múñoz; Encinar, María-Isabel

doi:10.1007/s00191-014-0342-z

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“…Second, ATA helps better understand the complexity of the collective dimension of action. This is of interest to routines scholars but also to those who work on teams and shared intentionality (Dittrich & Seidl, 2018;Taillard, Peters, Pels, & Mele, 2016) or emergence (Muñoz & Encinar, 2014). Third, ATA reveals the rationale of, and significantly strengthens, the microfoundational approach to routines, which emphasizes their microlevel conditions.…”

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Strengthening the Theoretical Perspective on Action in Routines Research With the Analytical Philosophy of Agency

Makowski

2023

Journal of Management

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This conceptual paper presents the analytical theory of agency (ATA), an overlooked philosophical approach to the concept of action, to develop its theoretical basis in routines research in which the constructs of action and agency play crucial roles. It expounds, in the framework of ATA, the ideas of the spectrum of intentionality, kinds of action, and collective agency, which help advance the rigor of action-theoretical concepts in routines research as well as reveal the rationale of the microfoundational approach to routine actions. To uncover the developmental potential of ATA, the article discusses the most crucial conceptual challenges for routines research; it also briefly examines the limitations and future work related to using ATA in the management field.

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Strengthening the Theoretical Perspective on Action in Routines Research With the Analytical Philosophy of Agency

Makowski

2023

Journal of Management

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“…This is a complex issue with many aspects and implications affecting concepts from theoretical economics such as rationality. For an action to be rational it must be intentional, with the intentional action arising from complex interaction processes (Muñoz et al, 2011;Muñoz and Encinar, 2014).…”

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Evolutionary efficiency in economic systems: A proposal

Encinar

2016

Cuadernos de Economía

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The paper proposes an efficiency criterion for evolving economic systems. Drawing on the idea that these systems develop from the interconnected actions of intentional creative agents (which invent and try to carry out action plans), the suggested criterion at a micro level could be state as follows: a system is efficient (from a micro evolutionary perspective) if agents' intentional and hierarchical (open) goals are actualized through action. Thus, intentionality leads to facts and goals are reached. The evolutionary efficiency criterion proposed in the paper links the intended goals of heterogeneous agents and the performance of the system they are involved.

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“…I could have also considered the proposal initiated byRubio de Urquía (see his 2003 and at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, which factors in the fundamental role of agents' intentionality, goals, and action plans to explain the evolutionary dynamism of an economy. His disciples have used this framework to study other phenomena, like the emergence of complexity in economics(Muñoz and Encinar, 2014b) or the processes involved in innovation systems…”

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The common good and economics

Crespo

2016

Cuadernos de Economía

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This paper analyzes the meaning of the 'common good' and its impact on economics. It adopts the 'classical notion of the common good' which, conceived by Aristotle and further developed by Thomas Aquinas, has been widely used for centuries. Sections 2 and 3 introduce Aristotle's view on this notion, followed by Aquinas' developments. Section 4 addresses the different meanings of common good in the 20th century. Given that the classical version of the common good implies an anthropological position and a theory of the good, Section 5 extracts them from Aristotle's works, while Section 6 deduces policy implications from the previous definitions. Finally, Section 7 analyzes two current economic theories from the point of view of their relation with the common good: economics of happiness and the capability approach. The final section presents a brief conclusion.

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Intentionality and the emergence of complexity: an analytical approach

Cited by 21 publications

References 46 publications

Strengthening the Theoretical Perspective on Action in Routines Research With the Analytical Philosophy of Agency

Strengthening the Theoretical Perspective on Action in Routines Research With the Analytical Philosophy of Agency

Evolutionary efficiency in economic systems: A proposal

The common good and economics

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