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
... Interaction The 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 ...
... Interaction The 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 ...
الصفحة xi
... interact in intricate ways that continually reshape their collective future. New ways of doing things— even new kinds of participants—may arise, and old ways—or old participants—may vanish. Such systems challenge understanding as well ...
... interact in intricate ways that continually reshape their collective future. New ways of doing things— even new kinds of participants—may arise, and old ways—or old participants—may vanish. Such systems challenge understanding as well ...
الصفحة xii
... interactions, much trial-anderror learning, and abundant attempts to imitate each other's successes, there will also be rich opportunities to harness the resulting complexity. And there will be things to avoid. To take a simple example ...
... interactions, much trial-anderror learning, and abundant attempts to imitate each other's successes, there will also be rich opportunities to harness the resulting complexity. And there will be things to avoid. To take a simple example ...
الصفحة xv
... Interaction, and Selection. We see variation, interaction, and selection as interlocking sets of concepts that can generate productive actions in a world that cannot be fully understood. We show how the very complexity that makes the ...
... Interaction, and Selection. We see variation, interaction, and selection as interlocking sets of concepts that can generate productive actions in a world that cannot be fully understood. We show how the very complexity that makes the ...
الصفحة xvi
... interaction. These additional aspects of our framework make it richer, able to incorporate realistic aspects of the ... interact with each other, and how the actors and their strategies are selected for retention, amplification, or ...
... interaction. These additional aspects of our framework make it richer, able to incorporate realistic aspects of the ... interact with each other, and how the actors and their strategies are selected for retention, amplification, or ...
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