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 xii
... the critical role of nonrandom interactions in adaptation, the contrast of biological with informational copying, and the relationships between credit allocation and measures of performance. The foundations of xii Preface.
... the critical role of nonrandom interactions in adaptation, the contrast of biological with informational copying, and the relationships between credit allocation and measures of performance. The foundations of xii Preface.
الصفحة xiii
Robert Axelrod, Michael D Cohen. ships between credit allocation and measures of performance. The foundations of this book lie in three distinct fields: evolutionary biology, computer science, and social design. From evolutionary biology ...
Robert Axelrod, Michael D Cohen. ships between credit allocation and measures of performance. The foundations of this book lie in three distinct fields: evolutionary biology, computer science, and social design. From evolutionary biology ...
الصفحة xiv
... measures of success rather than taking the ability to have offspring as the sole measure of success. Unlike computer science, we are primarily interested • in systems composed of people or organizations rather than pieces of software ...
... measures of success rather than taking the ability to have offspring as the sole measure of success. Unlike computer science, we are primarily interested • in systems composed of people or organizations rather than pieces of software ...
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... not to contribute either. Typically, human agents have some awareness of their own strategies, and they may be able to observe something about how well they are doing according to some measure of success. Often 4 Harnessing Complexity.
... not to contribute either. Typically, human agents have some awareness of their own strategies, and they may be able to observe something about how well they are doing according to some measure of success. Often 4 Harnessing Complexity.
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Robert Axelrod, Michael D Cohen. they are doing according to some measure of success. Often they can observe the actions or successes of the agents with whom they interact. This may trigger a dissatisfied agent to try a new strategy ...
Robert Axelrod, Michael D Cohen. they are doing according to some measure of success. Often they can observe the actions or successes of the agents with whom they interact. This may trigger a dissatisfied agent to try a new strategy ...
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