How technical solutions from nature lead us to a good organizational structure

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Vol. 7 No.2

September, 2021

Balkan Journal of Interdisciplinary Research

IIPCCL Publishing, Graz-Austria

ISSN 2410-759X

Acces online at www.iipccl.org

How technical solutions from nature lead us to a good organizational

structure

Maja Harb

Mag. Darja Harb

Lecturer: Petra Oblak

Abstract

In the past, traditional organizations were based on a hierarchy and decision-making was in

the hands of those who were ranked higher on a hierarchical scale. Modern organizations

today face a number of dif‌f erent situations, which are the result of globalization and a changing

environment, and for this reason they become much more f‌l a ened. In every organization, it is

most important to know who has the main word, who has the highest authority. On the other

hand, nature of‌f ers examples of organizations of other living beings that are ef‌f ective and

work without control, without leaders, without instructions, yet everyone in this organization

knows what to do. And above all, we were interested in this article. How is it possible that the

nature and the animal world survive without leadership and control, but still survive in the

world of great natural selection? The methods used by living beings to conquer a new living

environment by developing new abilities can become a model in human society to build a

consistent and dynamic expertise for innovation in enterprises. For many years, the study has

been studying the ef‌f‌i ciency and working ef‌f‌i ciency of insects such as ants and bees. In this

article, we focused on the fascinating world and the life of the ants.

Keywords: bionics, organization, leadership, collective intelligence – swarm intelligence,

communication.

Introduction

The word bionics is a combination of biology and technology. The basic characteristic

of bionics is interdisciplinarity. Bionics means the use of natural experience to solve

complex problems in technical, social and societal systems. It deals with the transfer

and application of solutions that have evolved and improved in nature over millions

of years to the f‌i eld of technology. Experts in the f‌i eld of bionics today recognize

the def‌i nition def‌i ned by Neumann in 1993: “Bionics as a scientif‌i c discipline

systematically deals with technical adaptations and the use of constructions,

procedures and development principles of biological systems.” Bionics certainly

does not mean a complete imitation of nature, even if something like this is possible

in individual cases. Many principles from nature also cannot be further technically

developed.

Nature is by far the most successful architect and constructor. Ultimately, it made a

human being, the most complex system we know. Therefore, imitating nature is an

opportunity to take advantage of what the natural laboratory has perfected over long

periods of time. For a be er management of our future, we must take into account the

given advantage we have in the example of nature, that is, to follow its example and