The Basic Paradigm of a Future Socio-Cultural System.

Hine, Virginia H.

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The Basic Paradigm of a Future Socio-Cultural System.

Hine, Virginia H.

Educational Horizons, v57 n1 p52-56 Fall 1978

The paradigm of a future global society may already exist in a nonbureaucratic organization structure called a Segmented Polycephalous Network (SPN). A SPN consists of autonomous segments with horizontal linkages, multiple leaders, and a common ideology. Grass roots movements and multinational corporations are examples. (SJL)

Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Futures (of Society), Global Approach, Horizontal Organization, International Organizations, Organizational Theories, Political Affiliation, Sociocultural Patterns

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