Contingency theorists suggest that we can best proceed by appointing 'the right people' to the job we have in mind, and by creating flexible authorit… - Gareth Morgan

Power is the medium through which conflicts of interest are ultimately resolved. Power influences who gets what, when, and how.

The organization as a coalition of diverse stakeholders is a coalition with multiple goals.

To self-regulate, learning systems must be able to 1. Sense, monitor and scan significant aspects of their environment, 2. Relate this information to the operating norms that guide system behavior 3. Detect significant deviations from these norms, and 4. Initiate corrective action when discrepancies are detected. If these four conditions are satisfied, a continuous process of information exchange is created between a system and its environment, allowing the system to monitor changes and initiate appropriate responses. In this way, the system can operate in an intelligent, self-regulating manner.