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Managing Organizational Complexity: Philosophy, Theory and Application(ISCE Book Series: Managing the Complex)

Managing Organizational Complexity: Philosophy, Theory and Application(ISCE Book Series: Managing the Complex)

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In introducing this first volume of a series exploring issues in managing complexity, Richardson (Institute for the Study of Coherence and Emergence) contends that no one has yet developed a reliable skill set for learning from the noise of complex systems.

Table of Contents:
Section 1. Philosophy Section Introduction: Why Philosophy?; Kurt A. Richardson Chapter 1. Knowing Complex Systems; Paul Cilliers Chapter 2. “To Be or Not to Be? That is [NOT] the Question”: Complexity Theory and the Need for Critical Thinking; Kurt A. Richardson Chapter 3. How Can We Think Complex?; Carlos Gershenson and Francis Heylighen Chapter 4. Emergence, Creative Process, and Self-Transcending Constructions; Jeffrey Goldstein Chapter 5. Causality in Organized Complexity: The Role of Management; Stanley E. Salthe Chapter 6. Advancing Complexity Theory into the Human Domain; Barbara Simpson Section 2. Theory Section Introduction: Pluralism in Management Science; Kurt A. Richardson Chapter 7. From Excellence to Emergence: The Evolution of Management Thinking and the Influence of Complexity; Buck Lawrimore Chapter 8. Unresolved Issues in Process-Centric Business Analysis: A Cathartic Role for Complexity; James Falconer Chapter 9. The Use of Bytes to Analyze Complex Organizations; Shann Turnbull Chapter 10. Chaos-Based Principles of Forecasting; Lui Hong and Kurt A. Richardson Chapter 11. Predicting the Human Weather: How Differentiation and Contextual Complexity Affect Behavior Prediction; Robert G. Jones & Gowri Parames Chapter 12. Dealing with Complexity in Organizational Control Processes: Drawing Lessons for the Human Brain; Rajaram Veliyath and K. Sathian Chapter 13. Theory of Integral Complex Organization; Ronald C. Murray Chapter 14. Self-Reproduction of the Enterprise: Von Neumann’s Model Applied; Pavel O. Luksha Chapter 15. The Observation, Inquiry, and Measurement Challenges Surfaced by Complexity Theory; Eric B. Dent Chapter 16. An Intersubjective Measure of Organizational Complexity: A New Approach; Mihnea Moldoveanu Chapter 17. Imagining Complex Partnerships; Will P. Medd Chapter 18. The Improvised-Orchestration Model of Organizational Evolution; Tadahiko Kawai Chapter 19. Storytelling and the Complex Epistemology of Organizations; Ken Baskin Chapter 20. Ancient Insights into the Modern Organization; Julie Richardson Chapter 21. Machines or Gardens... Or Both?; Patrick E. Connor and Carole S. Napolitano Chapter 22. A Complexity-Based Scrutiny of Learning from Organizational Crises; Dawn R. Gilpin Section 3. Application Section Introduction: Applying Complexity Thinking; Kurt A. Richardson Chapter 23. The Implications of Complexity for Business Process and Strategy; Peter M. Allen, Jean Boulton, Mark Strathern, and James Baldwin Chapter 24. Agent-Based Models to Manage the Complex; Duncan A. Robertson Chapter 25. The Coherent Management of Complex Project and the Potential Role of Group Decision Support Systems; Kurt A. Richardson, Andrew Tait, Johan Roos, and Michael R. Lissack Chapter 26. The Complexity of Complex Systems Conferences: Reflexivity and Walking the Talk; Michael R. Lissack Chapter 27. Parameters for Sustained Orderly Growth in Learning Organizations; James K. Horn Chapter 28. Complexity and Spatiality: Regions, Networks and Fluids in Sustainable Water Management; Will P. Medd and Simon Marvin Chapter 29. Encouraging Strategic Change by Using Complexity-Based Principles: A Case Study of the Open University, UK; Elizabeth McMillan Chapter 30. Provoking Chaordic Change in a Dutch Manufacturing Firm; Frans van Eijnatten and Maarten van G Postscript; Andrew Wilson


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781593113186
  • Publisher: Emerald Publishing Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Information Age Publishing
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 592
  • Returnable: N
  • Series Title: ISCE Book Series: Managing the Complex
  • Sub Title: Philosophy, Theory and Application
  • Width: 156 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1593113188
  • Publisher Date: 01 Mar 2005
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 30 mm
  • Weight: 870 gr


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