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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... . These include 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.
... . These include 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.
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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 ...
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... performance of the total system may not improve; that is the second one. An important reason we do not require that either the agents or the system be succeeding is that we want to help foster future adaptation. We do not want to ...
... performance of the total system may not improve; that is the second one. An important reason we do not require that either the agents or the system be succeeding is that we want to help foster future adaptation. We do not want to ...
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... performance. When we use the phrase Complex Adaptive System, we leave open the question of whether the agents or population actually achieves improved performance. If we are designing interventions, improvement on some measure is 18 ...
... performance. When we use the phrase Complex Adaptive System, we leave open the question of whether the agents or population actually achieves improved performance. If we are designing interventions, improvement on some measure is 18 ...
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... performance criterion to increase the frequency of successful strategies or decrease the frequency of unsuccessful ones. Complexity research has received considerable attention recently. In some measure, this is because advances in ...
... performance criterion to increase the frequency of successful strategies or decrease the frequency of unsuccessful ones. Complexity research has received considerable attention recently. In some measure, this is because advances in ...
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