Autopoiesis of the innovation group (team)
Autopoiesis of the innovation group (team)

Summary/Abstract: The article explores the activity of an innovative team, formed as a specific functional group. Specifically, this project addresses group formation and its activity through the theory of selforganization (synergestics) and autopoiesis. It is shown that autopoiesis is a three-phase process that determines the functional state of the team and that a synergetic approach to group formation allows for the analysis of the team self-organization. This approach reveals the peculiarities of a group’s role structure and it informs about the concept of a functional innovative group. This article is based on the theory of social communities, presented by P. Bourdieu (1990), J. Woodward (1960) and the study of social teams by D. Boddy and R. Paton (2002). The article does not consider the idea of G. Hofstede who compares individualism and collectivism as characteristic features of the organizational culture of different countries (1994). The article uses the ethodological approach of synergetics as a general theory of social organization. Special approach to the study of social transformations, the correlation of self-organization and management in social systems is applied. A research model of the innovative team activity headed by an actor as a generator of new ideas is shown.

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