Harnessing ComplexityBasic Books, 01/08/2008 - 208 من الصفحات Harnessing Complexity will be indispensable to anyone who wants to better comprehend how people and organizations can adapt effectively in the information age. This book is a step-by-step guide to understanding the processes of variation, interaction, and selection that are at work in all organizations. The authors show how to use their own paradigm of "bottom up" management, the Complex Adaptive System-whether in science, public policy, or private commerce. This simple model of how people work together will change forever how we think about getting things done in a group. "Harnessing Complexity distills the managerial essence of current research on complexity. "A very valuable contribution to the emerging theory of competition and competitive advantage."-C.K. Prahalad, University of Michigan, coauthor of Competing for the Future "A brilliant exposition that demystifies both the theory and use of Complex Adaptive Systems."-John Seely Brown, Xerox Corporation and Palo Alto Research Center |
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الصفحة ix
... Framework Asks What a User of the Framework Can Do What May Come of This Approach References Index 128 128 131 136 143 145 146 147 148 152 152 153 154 155 158 161 173 Preface This is a small book about a large question: Contents ix.
... Framework Asks What a User of the Framework Can Do What May Come of This Approach References Index 128 128 131 136 143 145 146 147 148 152 152 153 154 155 158 161 173 Preface This is a small book about a large question: Contents ix.
الصفحة xiii
... approach, one asks how systems can be designed to become more effective over time. By making evolution and ... approaches that have concentrated on social design are organization theory and game theory. Organization theory provides ...
... approach, one asks how systems can be designed to become more effective over time. By making evolution and ... approaches that have concentrated on social design are organization theory and game theory. Organization theory provides ...
الصفحة xiv
... approaches to social design, we are primarily interested • in problems in which the preferences and even the identities of the participants can evolve over time, rather than situations in which the players and their preferences are ...
... approaches to social design, we are primarily interested • in problems in which the preferences and even the identities of the participants can evolve over time, rather than situations in which the players and their preferences are ...
الصفحة xv
... approach is not just an extended “evolutionary metaphor,” nor is it part of Social Darwinism (Hofstadter, 1955) or sociobiology (Wilson, 1975). We view processes of biological change as wonderful examples in the larger set of Complex ...
... approach is not just an extended “evolutionary metaphor,” nor is it part of Social Darwinism (Hofstadter, 1955) or sociobiology (Wilson, 1975). We view processes of biological change as wonderful examples in the larger set of Complex ...
الصفحة xvi
... approach to harnessing it. This intellectual tactic reminds us of a guiding principle of the martial art of judo: “Throw with your opponent's own weight.” Our emphasis on harnessing complexity will, we hope, prove to be an important ...
... approach to harnessing it. This intellectual tactic reminds us of a guiding principle of the martial art of judo: “Throw with your opponent's own weight.” Our emphasis on harnessing complexity will, we hope, prove to be an important ...
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