The Performative Enterprise: Ideas and Case Studies on Moving Beyond the Quality Paradigm

Part I: The Performative.- 1. Introduction.- 2. On Performativity.- Part II: The Enterprise.- 3. On Supply Ontology.- 4. On Quality Ontology.- Part III: The Performative Enterprise.- 5. The form of the Enterprise.- 6. The Post-Industrial Turn.

Alexander Tsigkas is a retired professor at Democritus University of Thrace (Athens, Greece). His research concentrates on cybernetics and performativity, and especially on the intelligence of natural-artificial-economic systems. He has published several scholarly articles on these topics, including lean enterprises, design-thinking, mass customization and supply chain management.