Nano –Technology: "Molecular Perspective" in Designing Contemporary Organization

Abstract

It is stated with regard to nano- technology that "the main unifying theme is the control of matter on smaller than micrometer …as well as the fabrication of devices on this same scale" (Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia 2007).It is also said that nano-technology mainly consists of, processing, separation, consolidation, and deformation of materials by one atom or one molecule (Tanignchi, 1974). The main objective of the present research is to find out whither nano-technology suggests useful analogies for thinking about organization development.For this purpose a single "decision" is considered standing for a "molecule" while the whole organization , which is a network of interrelated decisions, stands for the "whole"(the material).Possibilities of introducing required changes in the whole interrelated decisions' network, through introducing certain planned changes in the contents of a decision, are explored in related literature.Findings of the analysis have proved that nano-technology perspective can be of certain benefits in organization development provided that proper psychological and behavioral tools are used for diagnosing and manipulating decision makers' incentives and motives.