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
... Importance of Interaction Example: Social Capital 64 How Interaction Works Proximity and Activation Spaces: Physical and Conceptual Example: Combating the AIDS Virus, Part 1 External Methods of Changing Interaction Patterns Barriers to ...
... Importance of Interaction Example: Social Capital 64 How Interaction Works Proximity and Activation Spaces: Physical and Conceptual Example: Combating the AIDS Virus, Part 1 External Methods of Changing Interaction Patterns Barriers to ...
الصفحة xii
... important gaps. To fill them, we made a number of specific contributions to complexity research. These include the critical role of nonrandom interactions in adaptation, the contrast of biological with informational copying, and the ...
... important gaps. To fill them, we made a number of specific contributions to complexity research. These include the critical role of nonrandom interactions in adaptation, the contrast of biological with informational copying, and the ...
الصفحة xiii
... important to us. First, there is the field of evolutionary computation, which has fostered an engineering approach to adaptation. With an engineering approach, one asks how systems can be designed to become more effective over time. By ...
... important to us. First, there is the field of evolutionary computation, which has fostered an engineering approach to adaptation. With an engineering approach, one asks how systems can be designed to become more effective over time. By ...
الصفحة xiv
... important ways. Unlike evolutionary biology, we are primarily interested • in the shaping of evolutionary processes rather than just observation and explanation, • in intelligent individuals with language and culture, rather than plants ...
... important ways. Unlike evolutionary biology, we are primarily interested • in the shaping of evolutionary processes rather than just observation and explanation, • in intelligent individuals with language and culture, rather than plants ...
الصفحة xvi
... important 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 ...
... important 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 ...
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