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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... interested in learning more about the exciting research frontier called complexity. For these readers we provide a nontechnical introduction to the field. Other readers may have more specific interests in how to design social systems ...
... interested in learning more about the exciting research frontier called complexity. For these readers we provide a nontechnical introduction to the field. Other readers may have more specific interests in how to design social systems ...
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... interested • in the shaping of evolutionary processes rather than just observation and explanation, • in intelligent individuals with language and culture, rather than plants and animals that rely primarily on their genetic heritage ...
... interested • in the shaping of evolutionary processes rather than just observation and explanation, • in intelligent individuals with language and culture, rather than plants and animals that rely primarily on their genetic heritage ...
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... interested in situations in which accurate prediction has always been difficult. In return for accepting complexity, we have a more systematic approach to harnessing it. This intellectual tactic reminds us of a guiding principle of the ...
... interested in situations in which accurate prediction has always been difficult. In return for accepting complexity, we have a more systematic approach to harnessing it. This intellectual tactic reminds us of a guiding principle of the ...
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... interested in artifacts, objects that are used by agents. Like agents, they can have important properties, such as location or capabilities. A toy may respond to a child who winds its spring. Artifacts may have “affordances,” features ...
... interested in artifacts, objects that are used by agents. Like agents, they can have important properties, such as location or capabilities. A toy may respond to a child who winds its spring. Artifacts may have “affordances,” features ...
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... interested in designing something new (such as a product or sales strategy), or when we are contemplating a possible change in a policy (such as new store opening hours), we are considering interventions in a system. But what might make ...
... interested in designing something new (such as a product or sales strategy), or when we are contemplating a possible change in a policy (such as new store opening hours), we are considering interventions in a system. But what might make ...
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