Problematizing Fit and Survival: Transforming the Law of Requisite Variety Through Complexity Misalignment
质疑管理理论中广泛使用的必要多样性法则，通过制度与承诺文献揭示其适用边界，提出复杂性错位概念，强调人类能动性在复杂情境中的作用。
The law of requisite variety is widely employed in management theorizing and is linked with core strategy themes such as contingency and fit. We reflect upon requisite variety as an archetypal borrowed concept. We contrast its premises with insights from the institutional literature and commitment literature, draw propositions that set boundaries to its applicability, and review the ramifications of what we call “complexity misalignment.” In this way we contradict foundational assumptions of the law, problematize adaptation- and survival-centric views of strategizing, and theorize the role of human agency in variously complex regimes.