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 vii
... Prediction Complexity Research The Design of Organizations and Strategies The Information Revolution Complexity and Information Adaptation and Information Complexity as a Way of Thinking II. Variation The Role of Variation Altering the ...
... Prediction Complexity Research The Design of Organizations and Strategies The Information Revolution Complexity and Information Adaptation and Information Complexity as a Way of Thinking II. Variation The Role of Variation Altering the ...
الصفحة xi
... predict, what actions should you take? We call such worlds Complex Adaptive Systems. In Complex Adaptive Systems there are ... prediction. These difficulties are familiar to anyone who has seen small changes unleash major consequences ...
... predict, what actions should you take? We call such worlds Complex Adaptive Systems. In Complex Adaptive Systems there are ... prediction. These difficulties are familiar to anyone who has seen small changes unleash major consequences ...
الصفحة xii
... prediction may be difficult, there is quite a bit that you can do. Complexity itself allows for techniques that promote effective adaptation. When there are many participants, numerous interactions, much trial-anderror learning, and ...
... prediction may be difficult, there is quite a bit that you can do. Complexity itself allows for techniques that promote effective adaptation. When there are many participants, numerous interactions, much trial-anderror learning, and ...
الصفحة xiii
... predict that the Industrial Revolution would turn white-barked trees into soot-covered trees, it did not take very long for selection by predatory birds to transform the population of moths near a factory from white to black. From ...
... predict that the Industrial Revolution would turn white-barked trees into soot-covered trees, it did not take very long for selection by predatory birds to transform the population of moths near a factory from white to black. From ...
الصفحة xv
... predict, they may also have a good deal of structure and permit improvement by thoughtful intervention. Our approach is not just an extended “evolutionary metaphor,” nor is it part of Social Darwinism (Hofstadter, 1955) or sociobiology ...
... predict, they may also have a good deal of structure and permit improvement by thoughtful intervention. Our approach is not just an extended “evolutionary metaphor,” nor is it part of Social Darwinism (Hofstadter, 1955) or sociobiology ...
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