The Neurophysiology of Strategic Adaptation of Organizations

The paper examines the similarities between the functioning of the organization and the human body, identifies adaptive biological characteristics that are also manifested at the level of the social structure. The aim of the work is to complement the organic understanding of the essence of organizations with the neurophysiological effects of biological systems. Adaptive phenomena of a biological order at the cellular level and manifestations of similar ones at the organizational level are described. The hypothesis of the existence of casual connections between the abilities of the strategic flexibility of the organization to the challenges of the external environment and the adaptive properties of the neurophysiological nature, which is characteristic of biological objects, is presented. The research uses general scientific methods such as analysis, synthesis, comparison, juxtaposition, extrapolation, as well as socio-economic, historical, biological and neurophysiological approaches. A new understanding of the adaptive properties of an organization in conditions of uncertainty of the external environment, its rapid variability from the point of view of neurophysiology is presented. Cellular effects such as spillover, internalization of receptors and representative drift of neurons, which are manifested at the enterprise at the social and organizational level, are described. Organizational projections of neurophysiological effects at the social and organizational level on the dissemination of information, knowledge, optimization of organizational structures, continuous updating, rotation and change of structural units involved in the adaptation process are presented. The effects correspond to the immanent properties of the organization, such as emergence, ingressiveness and egressiveness. The updated thesaurus and semantics of general and strategic management are presented when considering the organization from the point of view of the organizational approach. The effectiveness of the adaptive capabilities of the organization’s management in carrying out measures to reduce the harmful effects of the external environment on the mechanism of sustainable functioning is shown.

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