About the Book
Books on the topic of complexity and management have become numerous enough to fill several bookshelves in even a nonspecialist bookstore. This special issue of Emergence sorts through this sea of words and discern some meaning. It examines a collection of 34 books on the topic of complexity and management and cites the work of more than 100 authors. The editors believe to have captured the market for these books, as it existed since the beginning of 1999.
Table of Contents:
Volume 1, Number 2, 1999
Contents: Editor's Note. M. Lissack, S. Maguire, B. McKelvey, Introducing the Reviews. About the Authors. S. Maguire, B. Mckelvey, Complexity and Management: Moving From Fad to Firm Foundations. J. Goldstein, Emergence as a Construct: History and Issues. The Reviews. P. Fortune, T. Petzinger, Jr., G. Romme, M. Simmons, The Complexity Advantage, by Susanne Kelly and Mary Ann Allison. B. Abell, R. Serra, R. Wood, Strategic Thinking and the New Science, by T. Irene Sanders. D. Fitzgerald, B.M. Bergmann Lichtenstein, J.A. Black, Leadership and the New Science, by Margaret Wheatley and A Simpler Way, by Margaret Wheatley and Myron Kellner-Rogers. B. Forgues, A. Karseras, Competing on the Edge, by Shona L. Brown and Kathleen M. Eisenhardt. G.R. Mulhauser, D. Rosenberg, Complexity and Postmodernism, by Paul Cilliers. P. Ahrweiler, R.A. Thietart, Complexity Theory and the Social Sciences, by David Byrne. P. Anderson, J. Cohen, Coping With Uncertainty, by Uri Merry. R.M. Cutler, J.A. Drake, Crisis and Renewal, by David K. Hurst. O-K. Lai, J.C. Marchelya, The Edge of Organization, by Russ Marion. C.E. Helfat, J.R. Meszaros, Knowledge Assets, by Max Boisot. M. Lee, T.H. Lipscomb, Leading at the Edge of Chaos, by Daryl R. Conner. H. Harte, M. Jelinek, Managing the Unknowable and Complexity and Creativity in Organizations, by Ralph D. Stacey. S.M. Dunn, C. Lucas, Open Boundaries, by Howard Sherman and Ron Schultz. K. Dooley, E. Geisler, The Unshackled Organization, by Jeffrey Goldstein. O. Sorenson, Chaos, Complexity and Sociology, by Raymond E. Eve, Sara Horsfall, and Mary E. Lee. M.E. Johnson, Chaotics, by Georges Anderla, Anthony Dunning, and Simon Forge. C.F. Bacon, Conquering Uncertainty, by Theordore Modis. D. Engle, Coping With Chaos, by Glenda H. Eoyang. B. Goodwin, Corporate DNA, by Ken Baskin. S. Phelan, Corporation on a Tightrope, by John G. Sifonis and Beverly Goldberg. A. Kolnik, The Dynamic Enterprise, by Lisa Friedman and Herman Gyr. E. Oliner, Edgeware, by Brenda Zimmerman, Curt Lindberg, and Paul Plsek. H.E. Kilpatrick, From Biology to Sociopolitics, by Heinz Herrmann. M. Saloff-Coste, The Intelligence Advantage, by Michael D. McMaster. P. Vos Fellman, Life at the Edge of Chaos, by Mark D. Youngblood. B. Fulkerson, The Living Company, by Arie de Geus. J.W. Rivkin, Out of Control, by Kevin Kelly. J. Goldstein, The Paradox Principles, Iby Price Waterhouse Change Integration Team. D.T. Ogilvie, Rewiring the Corporate Brain, by Danah Zohar. K. Dooley, A Science of Generic Design, by John N. Warfield. Z. Michalewicz, Seven Methods for Transforming Corporate Data Into Business Intelligence, by Vasant Dhar and Roger Stein. S.N. Durlauf, System Effects, by Robert Jervis.
