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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... factors, as good frameworks must do. The richer framework is not able to make detailed predictions, of course. There are too many things that might happen. We are willing to bear the lack of detailed prediction because we are interested ...
... factors, as good frameworks must do. The richer framework is not able to make detailed predictions, of course. There are too many things that might happen. We are willing to bear the lack of detailed prediction because we are interested ...
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... factors (manufactured products, production tools, sales brochures, and store opening hours). Whenever we are interested in designing something new (such as a product or sales strategy), or when we are contemplating a possible change in ...
... factors (manufactured products, production tools, sales brochures, and store opening hours). Whenever we are interested in designing something new (such as a product or sales strategy), or when we are contemplating a possible change in ...
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... factors, including how the agents adapt to each other. The United States is also in a Complex Adaptive System. Whether and how much nuclear weapons proliferate, for example, depends on a complicated interplay of policies, norms ...
... factors, including how the agents adapt to each other. The United States is also in a Complex Adaptive System. Whether and how much nuclear weapons proliferate, for example, depends on a complicated interplay of policies, norms ...
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... factor. Before the fact, there was no reliable way to discern which prediction would turn out to be right. Even though ... factors. By encouraging structured thought about the future, scenario generation tries to secure the benefits of ...
... factor. Before the fact, there was no reliable way to discern which prediction would turn out to be right. Even though ... factors. By encouraging structured thought about the future, scenario generation tries to secure the benefits of ...
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... factors mean that independent studies of the important factors can later be merged at acceptable cost. The Human Genome Project is a large bet that much can be understood via such a “divide and conquer” strategy. Nevertheless, in many ...
... factors mean that independent studies of the important factors can later be merged at acceptable cost. The Human Genome Project is a large bet that much can be understood via such a “divide and conquer” strategy. Nevertheless, in many ...
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