Biomimetic organisations: a management model that learns from nature

Since the end of the last century, different approaches for corporate management have been appearing that try to incorporate the social advances that are being produced and disseminated thanks to the greater capacity of communication available through social networks and other traditional avenues. A...

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Autores: Olaizola Fernández, Edita, Morales Sánchez, Rafael, Eguiguren Huerta, Marc|||0000-0002-8447-139X
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/330413
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/330413
https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12062329
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Social responsibility of business
Circular economy
Sustainable development
Biomimicry
Biomimetic organisations
Corporate social responsibility
Sustainability
Collaborative economy
Empreses -- Responsabilitat social
Economia circular
Economia col·laborativa
Desenvolupament sostenible
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses
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Sumario:Since the end of the last century, different approaches for corporate management have been appearing that try to incorporate the social advances that are being produced and disseminated thanks to the greater capacity of communication available through social networks and other traditional avenues. Among the best known are Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability, the Circular Economy, and Collaborative Economics. All of them add value to organisations, and all of them have a common characteristic: they are anthropocentric approaches. Our proposal goes a step further: we need a worldview that is capable of placing organisations in a position of continuous learning looking at nature, because it is the best way to integrate into it as a more ecosystem and thus achieve its flowering respecting the once to all the other subsystems that make up the planet: Organizational Biomimicry. This work compares the anthropocentric vision with the worldview at the same time that it offers a guide of the essential steps so that Organizational Biomimicry is the new model of corporate management.