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 xi
... consequences. Conversely, they are familiar to anyone who has been surprised when large changes in policies or tools produce no long-run change in people's behavior. When managers and policy makers hear about complexity research, they ...
... consequences. Conversely, they are familiar to anyone who has been surprised when large changes in policies or tools produce no long-run change in people's behavior. When managers and policy makers hear about complexity research, they ...
الصفحة xvi
... consequences of patterns of interaction. These additional aspects of our framework make it richer, able to incorporate realistic aspects of the world, though it still leaves out many factors, as good frameworks must do. The richer ...
... consequences of patterns of interaction. These additional aspects of our framework make it richer, able to incorporate realistic aspects of the world, though it still leaves out many factors, as good frameworks must do. The richer ...
الصفحة 1
... consequences that may be hard to imagine in advance. There are, of course, many situations that are not complex, where we know what actions are possible and what consequences they will likely produce. When we do, we can choose the ...
... consequences that may be hard to imagine in advance. There are, of course, many situations that are not complex, where we know what actions are possible and what consequences they will likely produce. When we do, we can choose the ...
الصفحة 2
... consequences of actions may be hard— even impossible—to predict. It draws together ideas from scientific research done in recent decades on many kinds of complex systems. The book does not provide a magic lens that will suddenly make ...
... consequences of actions may be hard— even impossible—to predict. It draws together ideas from scientific research done in recent decades on many kinds of complex systems. The book does not provide a magic lens that will suddenly make ...
الصفحة 8
... consequences of its actions and therefore to choose the best course of action. Even more subtle is the point that as agents adjust to their experience by revising their strategies, they are constantly changing the context in which other ...
... consequences of its actions and therefore to choose the best course of action. Even more subtle is the point that as agents adjust to their experience by revising their strategies, they are constantly changing the context in which other ...
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