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
... Success Example: Prize Competitions 43 45 50 52 58 62 62 68 68 73 75 78 78 80 81 83 84 86 86 93 95 101 103 104 106 113 115 117 119 124 Determining the Level of Selection Selection of Agents Selection of viii Contents.
... Success Example: Prize Competitions 43 45 50 52 58 62 62 68 68 73 75 78 78 80 81 83 84 86 86 93 95 101 103 104 106 113 115 117 119 124 Determining the Level of Selection Selection of Agents Selection of viii Contents.
الصفحة ix
... Success and Failure Example: Military Simulation Creating New Agents or Strategies The Key Role of Copying Detailed Differences Among Generic Copying Processes Exercising Visible Leadership V. Conclusion The Central Elements of the ...
... Success and Failure Example: Military Simulation Creating New Agents or Strategies The Key Role of Copying Detailed Differences Among Generic Copying Processes Exercising Visible Leadership V. Conclusion The Central Elements of the ...
الصفحة xii
... successes, there will also be rich opportunities to harness the resulting complexity. And there will be things to avoid. To take a simple example: Even though one action seems best, it usually pays to maintain variety among the actions ...
... successes, there will also be rich opportunities to harness the resulting complexity. And there will be things to avoid. To take a simple example: Even though one action seems best, it usually pays to maintain variety among the actions ...
الصفحة xiii
... successful individuals in populations. Even though moths in England could not understand or predict that the Industrial Revolution would turn white-barked trees into soot-covered trees, it did not take very long for selection by ...
... successful individuals in populations. Even though moths in England could not understand or predict that the Industrial Revolution would turn white-barked trees into soot-covered trees, it did not take very long for selection by ...
الصفحة xiv
... 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, • in systems ...
... 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, • in systems ...
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