Elizabeth McMillan

Complexity, Organizations and Change

An Essential Introduction

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Complexity science has seriously challenged long-held views in the scientific community about how the world works. These ideas, particularly about the living world, also have radical and profound implications for organizations and society as a whole. "Complexity, " "Organizations and Change," available in paperback for the first time, describes and considers ideas and insights from complexity science and their use in organizations, especially in bringing about major organizational change. It is about transforming the way people think about organizations, about their design, the way they operate and, most importantly, the people who co-create them. This book explains the history and development of complexity science in an accessible way for the non-scientific reader, describing key concepts and their use in theory and practice. These concepts are fleshed out with real-life examples from organizations in the UK, Europe and the USA.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Mai 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 161mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9780415395021
• ISBN-10: 041539502X
• Artikelnr.: 21986238

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth McMillan is currently a Research Fellow at the Open University where she co-founded the Complexity Science Research Centre. She is also a co-founder and a Director of the UK Complexity Society and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, with many years experience as a senior manager.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Introducing Complexity 3. Organizations and the Long
Shadow of Scientific Tradition 4. Le Plus Ca Change...The More it Stays the
Same? 5. Transforming Organizations using Complexity 6. Changing the Open
University: A Case Study 7. Complexity in Action 8. Future Possibilities,
Future Choices