Influential factors in the formation and permanence of agricultural organizations: A Luhmannian perspective

Abstract

Organizations have been studied for years. However, due to the complexity faced by organizations when operating in contingent decisions, more comprehensive theoretical constructs are required. The following essay includes schemes of distinctions from the Luhmannian perspective, observing (economic and political) factors that influence the formation of agricultural organizations, from those influencing their permanence (structural couplings, the reproduction of culture, and the confidence and reflexivity in operations). Besides this, when operating, organizations assume risks when a network of decisions with own values is created; a network of decisions that generates communication is observed and contextualized from the science system and argued under an agroecosystem vision. Therefore, observing these schemes of distinctions will allow extracting the main problems and crises present in social systems.