Series introduction | |
Volume introduction | |
Section introduction : why philosophy? | p. 3 |
Knowing complex systems | p. 7 |
"To be or not to be? : that is [NOT] the question" : complexity theory and the need for critical thinking | p. 21 |
How can we think complex? | p. 47 |
Emergence, creative process, and self-transcending constructions | p. 63 |
Causality in organized complexity : the role of management | p. 79 |
Advancing complexity theory into the human domain | p. 93 |
Section introduction : pluralism in management science | p. 109 |
From excellence to emergence : the evolution of management thinking and the influence of complexity | p. 115 |
Unresolved issues in process-centric business analysis : a cathartic role for complexity | p. 133 |
The use of bytes to analyze complex organizations | p. 151 |
Chaos-based principles of forecasting | p. 167 |
Predicting the human weather : how differentiation and contextual complexity affect behavior prediction | p. 183 |
Dealing with complexity in organizational control processes : drawing lessons for the human brain | p. 201 |
Theory of integral complex organization | p. 217 |
Self-reproduction of the enterprise : Von Neumann's model applied | p. 237 |
The observation, inquiry, and measurement challenges surfaced by complexity theory | p. 253 |
An intersubjective measure of organizational complexity : a new approach | p. 269 |
Imaging complex partnerships | p. 301 |
The improvised-orchestration model of organizational evolution | p. 313 |
Storytelling and the complex epistemology of organizations | p. 331 |
Ancient insights into the modern organization | p. 345 |
Machines or gardens ... or both? | p. 361 |
A complexity-based scrutiny of learning from organizational crises | p. 373 |
Section introduction : applying complexity thinking | p. 391 |
The implications of complexity for business process and strategy | p. 397 |
Agent-based models to manage the complex | p. 419 |
The coherent management of complex project and the potential role of group decision support systems | p. 433 |
The complexity of complex systems conferences : reflexivity and walking the talk | p. 459 |
Parameters for sustained orderly growth in learning organizations | p. 473 |
Complexity and spatiality : regions, networks and fluids in sustainable water management | p. 493 |
Encouraging strategic change by using complexity-based principles : a case study of the Open University, UK | p. 505 |
Provoking chaordic change in a Dutch manufacturing firm | p. 521 |
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