Does self-organization facilitates adaptability and success in complex adaptive systems?

The recent business environment has forced managers and organizations to start looking for management paradigms that will allow them to fully appreciate the happenings in the environment. This need has triggered so much efforts and researches into the field of self-organization theory as an alternative management paradigm to help them adapt to the environment. This empirical research is an effort to assess the roles played by self-organization in promoting adaptability to the business environment. In undertaking the study, the mixed methods research was employed as an experimental study was accompanied with social network analysis and observation. The results of the study revealed that self-organization plays a major role in facilitating and promoting adaptability and success of the organization. Also, it is noticed that teams or groups have to understand the goals and objectives of performing tasks clearly in order to be successful. It further revealed that; strong interactions, high levels of autonomy, and a strong and positive value system- drives self-organization processes in the organization. Based on this study, it is recommended that further empirical studies are conducted and replicated in other locations and also using other research methodologies that are appropriate. Finally, organizations and policymakers should adopt organizational designs and policies that are appropriate for self-organization processes to thrive within the organization.