The SAGE handbook of complexity and management /
The SAGE Handbook of Complexity and Management is 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 managemen...
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Thousand Oaks, Calif. :
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2011
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| Edition: | 1st. ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction - Peter Allen, Steve Maguire and Bill McKelveyPART ONE: FOUNDATIONS Key Concepts Complexity and Systems Thinking - Yasmin Merali and Peter AllenComplexity Science and Organization - Raymond-Alain Thietart and Bernard ForguesEmergence in Complex Systems - Jeffrey GoldsteinConstructing and Appreciating Complexity - Steve MaguireThoughts on Complexity and Computational Models - Michael J. Prietula Epistemological Perspectives and ConsiderationsA Scientific Realist Epistemology for Complexity Science - Bill McKelveyExploring Organizational Effectiveness: The Value of Complex Realism as a Frame of Reference and Systematic Comparison as a Method - David ByrneComplexity, Post-Structuralism and Organization - Paul CilliersCausality and Explanation - Alicia JuarreroComplexity and Limits to Knowledge: The Importance of Uncertainty - Peter Allen and Jean BoultonComplex Thinking: Towards an Oblique Strategy for Dealing with the Complex - Robert Chia Methodological Implications and Tools Applications of Kauffman's Co-Evolutionary NKCS Model to Management and Organization Studies - Richard Vigden and Larry BullUsing Genetic Algorithms to Model Strategic Interaction - William Martin TracyOrganizing at the Edge of Chaos: Insights from Action Research - Donald Maclean and Robert MacintoshFrom Skew Distributions to Power-Law Science - Pierpaolo Andriani and Bill McKelveyPART TWO: APPLICATIONS Complexity and OrganizingComplexity and Organization-Environment Relations: Revisiting Ashby's Law of Requisite Variety - Max Boisot and Bill McKelveyThe Complexity of Industrial Ecosystems: Classification and Computational Modelling - James BaldwinComplexity and the Dynamics of Organizational Change - Glenda H. EoyangComplex Thought, Simple Talk: An Ecological Approach to Language-Based Change in Organizations - John Shotter and Haridimos TsoukasOrganizational Learning and Complexity Science: Exploring the Joint Potential - Eve Mitleton-Kelly and Ben RamalingamComplexity and Management: A Pluralistic View - Kurt A. Richardson Complexity and Managing Implications of Complexity Science for the Study of Leadership - Russ Marion and Mary Uhl-BienA Complexity Perspective on Strategic Human Resource Management - Barry A. Colbert and Elizabeth C. KuruczComplexity and the Rise of Distributed Control in Operations Management - Arash Azadegan and Kevin J. DooleyKnowledge Management and Complexity - Max BoisotComplexity and Innovation - Pierpaolo AndrianiComplexity Science Contributions to the Field of Entrepreneurship - Benyamin B. LichtensteinComplexity and Competitive Advantage - Oliver Baumann and Nicolaj SiggelkowComplexity Theory and Corporate Strategy - Kathleen M. Eisenhardt and Henning PiezunkaMore than a Metaphor: Complexity and the New Rules of Management - James K. HazyPART THREE: INTERFACESNon-Linear Dynamical Systems Applications to Psychology and Management - Stephen J. GuastelloThe Value in Between: Organizations as Adapting and Evolving Networks - Ce[ac]sar A. HidalgoThe Use of Complexity for Policy Exploration - Steven BankesComplexity, Habits and Evolution - Geoffrey M. HodgsonEconomics Management and Complex Systems - Paul OrmerodHow Complexity Science Is Transforming Health Care - Brenda Zimmerman