Managing Organizational Complexity

Philosophy, Theory and Application

AvKurt A. Richardson

Inbunden, Engelska, 2005

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2005-03-01
Mått:156 x 234 x 32 mm
Vikt:1 001 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:ISCE Book Series: Managing the Complex
Antal sidor:592
Förlag:Emerald Publishing Inc
ISBN:9781593113193

Utforska kategorier

Organisationsteori inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

Innehållsförteckning

Series Introduction; Michael Lissack and Kurt RichardsonVolume Introduction; Kurt RichardsonSection I. Philosophy.Section Introduction; Kurt RichardsonChapter 1. Knowing Complex Systems; Paul CilliersChapter 2. "To Be or Not to Be? That Is [Not] the Question": Complexity Theory and the Need for Critical Thinking; Kurt RichardsonChapter 3. How Can We Think the Complex? Carlos Gershenson and Francis HeylighanChapter 4. Emergence, Creative Process, and Self-Transcending Constructions; Jeffrey GoldsteinChapter 5. Causality in Organized Complexity: The Role of Management; Stanley SaltheSection II. Organizational Theory.Section Introduction; Kurt RichardsonChapter 6. From Excellence to Emergence: The Evolution of Management Thinking and the Influence of Complexity; Buck LawrimoreChapter 7. Unresolved Issues in Process-Centric Business Analysis: A Cathartic Role for Complexity; James FalconerChapter 8. The Use of Bytes to Analyse Complex Organisations; Shann TurnbullChapter 9. Chaos Principles of Forecasting; Hong LiuChapter 10. Dealing with Complexity in Organizational Control Processes: Drawing Lessons from the Human Brain; Rajaram Veliyath and K. SathianChapter 11. Theory of Integral Complex Organization; Ronald MurrayChapter 12. Self-Reproduction of the Enterprise: Von Neumann's Model Applied; Pavel LukshaChapter 13. Predicting the Human Weather: How Differentiation and Contextual Complexity Affect Behavior Prediction; Robert Jones and Gowri ParameswaranChapter 14. The Observation, Inquiry, and Measurement Challenges Surfaced by Complexity Theory; Eric DentChapter 15. An Intersubjective Measure of Complexity Grounds: A New Approach to the Study of Organizational Complexity; Mihnea MoldoveanuChapter 16. Storytelling and the Complex Epistemology of Organizations; Ken BaskinChapter 17. Advancing Complexity Theory into the Human Domain; Barbara SimpsonChapter 18. Ancient Insights into the Modern Organization; Julie RichardsonChapter 19. Imagining Complex Partnerships; Will MeddChapter 20. Machines or Gardens... Or Both? Patrick Connor and Carole NapolitanoChapter 21. The Improvised-Orchestration Model of Organizational Evolution; Tadahiko KawaiChapter 22. Parameters for Sustained Orderly Growth in Learning Organizations; James HornChapter 23. A Complexity-Based Scrutiny of Learning from Organizational Crises; Dawn GilpinSection III. Real World Application.Section Introduction; Kurt RichardsonChapter 24. The Implications of Complexity for Business Process and Strategy; Peter Allen, Jamie Boulton, Mark Strathern and James BaldwinChapter 25. Agent-Based Models to Manage the Complex; Duncan RobertsonChapter 26. The Coherent Management of Complex Projects and the Potential Role of Group Decision Support Systems; Kurt Richardson, Andrew Tait, Johan Roos and Michael LissackChapter 27. The Complexity of Complex Systems Conferences: Reflexivity and Walking the Talk; Michael LissackChapter 28. Complexity and Spatiality: Regions, Networks and Fluids in Sustainable Water Management; Will Medd and Simon MarvinChapter 29. Encouraging Strategic Change by Using Complexity-Based Principles: A Case Study of the Open University, UK; Elizabeth McMillanChapter 30. Provoking Chaordic Change in a Dutch Manufacturing Firm; Frans van Eijnatten and Maarten van GalenPostscript; Andrew WilsonReferences.Index.