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Since Organizational Studies, power and ambiguity are understood as inherent elements to organizations which can be positive for their survival, as in the case of the concrete systems of action and the organized anarchy. In that sense, the aim of this essay is to argue why these two forms of organization can complemented theoretically. To do this, first the importance of the power and of the ambiguity for understanding organizations is revised; analyzing how these two elements are the main basis for concrete systems of action and organized anarchy, and defining the main characteristics of these theories. Then, it is proposed and argued how the complementarity between the two can be, from the integration of its main elements. Finally, the conclusions of the work are presented, where it is argued that the integration between both forms allows obtaining a potentially holistic perspective for organizational study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]