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 viii
... Conceptual Example: Combating the AIDS Virus, Part 1 External Methods of Changing Interaction Patterns Barriers to Movement in Time and Physical Space Barriers to Movement in Conceptual Spaces Semi-permeable Barriers Example: Combating ...
... Conceptual Example: Combating the AIDS Virus, Part 1 External Methods of Changing Interaction Patterns Barriers to Movement in Time and Physical Space Barriers to Movement in Conceptual Spaces Semi-permeable Barriers Example: Combating ...
الصفحة xv
... concepts that can generate productive actions in a world that cannot be fully understood. We show how the very complexity that makes the world hard to understand provides opportunities and resources for improvement over time. We are ...
... concepts that can generate productive actions in a world that cannot be fully understood. We show how the very complexity that makes the world hard to understand provides opportunities and resources for improvement over time. We are ...
الصفحة xvi
... concepts, a set of questions, and a set of design issues. By itself, it is not a falsifiable theory. Such a theory would have to specify the operational meaning of the key concepts and mechanisms in a particular domain. For example, to ...
... concepts, a set of questions, and a set of design issues. By itself, it is not a falsifiable theory. Such a theory would have to specify the operational meaning of the key concepts and mechanisms in a particular domain. For example, to ...
الصفحة 2
... concepts from complexity studies can be useful in settings whose consequences are hard to predict, and • the main mechanisms and design principles that we identify from complex systems research. Our framework synthesizes these ...
... concepts from complexity studies can be useful in settings whose consequences are hard to predict, and • the main mechanisms and design principles that we identify from complex systems research. Our framework synthesizes these ...
الصفحة 4
... concept is that of an agent. (As we introduce each of the major concepts in the book, we distinguish it with boldface type.) An agent has the ability to interact with its environment, including other agents. An agent can respond to what ...
... concept is that of an agent. (As we introduce each of the major concepts in the book, we distinguish it with boldface type.) An agent has the ability to interact with its environment, including other agents. An agent can respond to what ...
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