78 NovemberAcademy of Management Perspectives
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decline within the discipline of organization the- ory. We offer reasons for this lapse of attention. The subsequent section turns to our central theme, sug- gesting how the task of understanding and ultimately addressing today’s organizations and their design challenges can be successfully approached.