The SAGE Handbook of Complexity and ManagementSAGE Publications, 6 abr 2011 - 644 páginas The SAGE Handbook of Complexity and Management will be the first substantive scholarly work to provide a map of the state of art research in the growing field emerging at the intersection of complexity science and management studies. Edited and written by internationally respected scholars from management and related disciplines, the Handbook will be the definitive reference source for understanding the implications of complexity science for management research and practice. |
Índice
Introducing the SAGE Handbook | 1 |
PART I Foundations | 27 |
A Key Concepts | 29 |
1Complexity and Systems Thinking | 31 |
2 Complexity Science and Organization | 53 |
3 Emergence in Complex Systems | 65 |
4 Constructing and Appreciating Complexity | 79 |
5 Thoughts on Complexity and Computational Models | 93 |
18 Complexity and the Dynamics of Organizational Change | 317 |
An Ecological Approach to LanguageBased Change in Organizations | 333 |
Exploring the Joint Potential | 349 |
A Pluralistic View | 366 |
B Complexity and Managing | 383 |
22 Implications of Complexity Science for the Study of Leadership | 385 |
23 A Complexity Perspective on Strategic Human Resource Management | 400 |
24 Complexity and the Rise of Distributed Control in Operations Management | 418 |
B Epistemological Perspectives and Considerations | 111 |
6 A Scientific Realist Epistemology for Complexity Science | 113 |
7 Exploring Organizational Effectiveness | 131 |
8 Complexity Poststructuralism and Organization | 142 |
9 Causality and Explanation | 155 |
The Importance of Uncertainty | 164 |
Towards an Oblique Strategy for Dealing with the Complex | 182 |
C Methodological Implications and Tools | 199 |
12 Applications of Kauffmans Coevolutionary NKCS Model to Management and Organization Studies | 201 |
13 Using Genetic Algorithms to Model Strategic Interactions | 220 |
Insights from Action Research | 235 |
15 From Skew Distributions to Powerlaw Science | 254 |
PART II Applications | 275 |
A Complexity and Organizing | 277 |
Revisiting Ashbys Law of Requisite Variety | 279 |
Classification and Computational Modelling | 299 |
25 Knowledge Management and Complexity | 436 |
26 Complexity and Innovation | 454 |
27 Complexity Science Contributions to the Field of Entrepreneurship | 471 |
28 Complexity and Competitive Advantage | 494 |
29 Complexity Theory and Corporate Strategy | 506 |
Complexity and the New Rules of Management | 524 |
PART III Interfaces | 541 |
31 Nonlinear Dynamical Systems Applications to Psychology and Management | 543 |
Organizations as Adapting and Evolving Networks | 557 |
33 The Use of Complexity for Policy Exploration | 570 |
34 Complexity Habits and Evolution | 590 |
35 Economics Management and Complex Systems | 604 |
36 How Complexity Science is Transforming Healthcare | 617 |
Author Index | 636 |
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Otras ediciones - Ver todo
The SAGE Handbook of Complexity and Management Peter Allen,Steve Maguire,Bill McKelvey Vista previa restringida - 2011 |
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