Complexity and Organization (eBook, ePUB)

Readings and Conversations
Redaktion: Macintosh, Robert; Griffin, Douglas; Stacey, Ralph; Maclean, Donald

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This text is the first to bring complexity-based thinking together with management theory and practice, presenting some of the most influential writing in the field and showing how the subject has developed.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134527267
• Artikelnr.: 39704189

Autorenporträt

Robert MacIntosh began his academic career as a researcher at the University of Strathclyde and completed his PhD in engineering before moving to a post in the Business School at the University of Glasgow. Donald MacLean is Senior Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow. He is a faculty member of the Complexity and Management Centre of the University of Hertfordshire, a member of the faculty of the Institute of Directors in Scotland and an associate of the Glasgow Centre for Population Health. Ralph Stacey is Professor of Management and Director of the Complexity and Management Centre at the Business School of the University of Hertfordshire. Douglas Griffin is Associate Director of the Complexity and Management Centre at the Business School of the University of Hertfordshire. He is also an independent consultant.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Section 1: Chaos Theory and Dissipative Structures 1. Chaos
Theory and Strategy 2. Conditioned Emergence 3. Surfing the Edge of Chaos
5. The Science of Complexity 6. Leadership and the New Sciences Editors'
Discussion of the Papers in Section 1 Section 2: Categorizing Complexity
7. Evolving Complexity in Social Science 8. Speaking of Complexity in
Management Theory and Practice 9. Emergence Editors' Discussion of the
Papers in Section 2 Section 3: Complexity in Social Settings 10. From
Complexity Science to Complex Thinking 11. Learning as the Activity of
Interdependent People 12. Complex Thinking Editors' Discussion of the
Papers in Section 3. Concluding Remarks

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Introduction Section 1: Chaos Theory and Dissipative Structures 1. Chaos Theory and Strategy 2. Conditioned Emergence 3. Surfing the Edge of Chaos 5. The Science of Complexity 6. Leadership and the New Sciences Editors' Discussion of the Papers in Section 1 Section 2: Categorizing Complexity 7. Evolving Complexity in Social Science 8. Speaking of Complexity in Management Theory and Practice 9. Emergence Editors' Discussion of the Papers in Section 2 Section 3: Complexity in Social Settings 10. From Complexity Science to Complex Thinking 11. Learning as the Activity of Interdependent People 12. Complex Thinking Editors' Discussion of the Papers in Section 3. Concluding Remarks

Rezensionen

'The rumours have been around for a while; there is a new and exciting perspective in the understanding of organizations from complexity theory. But unsurprisingly, complexity is complex. At last we have a book of readings and debate on the subject which is thorough, approachable, and up-to-date.' David Sims, Professor of Organizational Behaviour, Cass Business School, City University, UK