A Revıew On The Concept Of Functıonal Stupıdıty Expressed As One Of The Dysfunctıonal Employee Behavıors

Yıl 2024, Cilt: 5 Sayı: 2, 429 - 446, 31.12.2024

Hakan Kara

https://doi.org/10.62001/gsijses.1569833

Öz

In this study, the concept of “functional stupidity at work” (functional stupidity at work: dysfunctional behavior), which was expressed and attempted to be explained by Alvesson and Spicer (2012 and 2016), is discussed. According to the researchers, this concept describes the inability and/or unwillingness of employees to think critically about their work, to understand what they are doing and why they are doing it, to apply it and to determine what the results are. While the concept has been the subject of research in foreign literature, it has been addressed in a very limited number of studies in Turkish literature. In order to contribute to the literature, in this study, the concept, whose direct translation into Turkish is “functional/functional stupidity”, refers to employee behaviors that cause various problems to arise due to their unprofessional behaviors. Therefore, in this study, which is based on document analysis, the subject examined in this study has been systematized within the framework of the findings and suggestions of the aforementioned authors as well as other supporting findings on the subject. In this context, under the main topic, structuralism of thought, efforts to explain, cognitive capacity, the existence of dynamics and structural criticism were discussed. Other findings, which are considered to be related to the concept under consideration, are evaluated under the titles of the paradox of intelligence and rationality, the problem of shaping knowledge and the problem of structuralism in knowledge within the framework of opinions and justifications.

Anahtar Kelimeler

functional stupidity, functional stupidity-based theory of organization, information

Difonksiyonel İşgören Davranışlarından Biri Olarak İfade Edilen İşlevsel Budalalık Kavramı İzerine Bir İnceleme

Öz

Bu incelemede, Alvesson ve Spicer (2012 ve 2016) tarafından ifade edilerek açıklama girişiminde bulunulan “functional stupity at work” (örgütlerde işlevsel budalalık: iş bilmezlik davranışı) kavramı ele alınmaktadır. Araştırmacılara göre bu kavram, işgörenlerin yaptıkları iş hakkında eleştirel düşünme, ne yaptıklarını ve neden yaptıklarını anlama, uygulama ve sonuçların ne olduğunu belirleme konusundaki yetersizliklerini ve/veya isteksizliklerini tanımlamaktadır. Kavram, yabancı alanyazında araştırmalara konu olurken, Türkçe alanyazında çok sınırlı sayıda araştırmada ele alınmıştır. Alanyazına katkı sağlamak amacıyla bu incelemede, Türkçe’ye doğrudan çevirisi “işlevsel/fonksiyonel budalalık” olan kavram, esas itibariyle iş bilmez davranışları nedeniyle çeşitli sorunların ortaya çıkmasına neden olan işgören davranışlarını ifade etmektedir. Dolayısıyla doküman incelemesine dayalı olarak kaleme alınan bu incelemede, anılan yazarların tespit ve önerilerinin yanı sıra konuya ilişkin destekleyici diğer bulgular çerçevesinde incelenen konu, sistematize edilmiştir. Bu bağlamda ele alınan ana konu başlığı altında, düşüncenin yapısallığı, açıklama çabaları, bilişsel kapasite, dinamiklerin varlığı ve yapısal eleştiri başlıkları altında tartışılmıştır. Ele alınan kavramla ilişkili olduğu düşünülen diğer bulgular ise görüşler ve gerekçeler çerçevesinde zekâ ve rasyonalite paradoksu, bilgiyi biçimlendirme sorunu ve bilgide yapısallık sorunu başlıkları altında değerlendirilmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

işlevsel aptallık, aptallık temelli örgüt teorisi, bilgi

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