The SAGE handbook of complexity and management. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Handbook of complexity and management
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Peter Allen, Steve Maguire, Bill McKelvey.
• Other Names: Allen, Peter, 1937-; Maguire, Steve; McKelvey, Bill; Sage Publications.
• Contents: Key Concepts Complexity and Systems Thinking / Yasmin Merali and Peter Allen -- Complexity Science and Organization / Raymond-Alain Thietart and Bernard Forgues -- Emergence in Complex Systems / Jeffrey Goldstein -- Constructing and Appreciating Complexity / Steve Maguire -- Thoughts on Complexity and Computational Models / Michael J. Prietula -- Epistemological Perspectives and Considerations A Scientific Realist Epistemology for Complexity Science / Bill McKelvey -- Exploring Organizational Effectiveness: The Value of Complex Realism as a Frame of Reference and Systematic Comparison as a Method / David Byrne -- Complexity, Post-Structuralism and Organization / Paul Cilliers -- Causality and Explanation / Alicia Juarrero -- Complexity and Limits to Knowledge: The Importance of Uncertainty / Peter Allen and Jean Boulton -- Complex Thinking: Towards an Oblique Strategy for Dealing with the Complex / Robert Chia -- Methodological Implications and Tools Applications of Kauffman's Co-Evolutionary NKCS Model to Management and Organization Studies / Richard Vigden and Larry Bull -- Using Genetic Algorithms to Model Strategic Interaction / William Martin Tracy -- Organizing at the Edge of Chaos: Insights from Action Research / Donald Maclean and Robert Macintosh -- From Skew Distributions to Power-Law Science / Pierpaolo Andriani and Bill McKelvey -- Complexity and Organizing Complexity and Organization-Environment Relations: Revisiting Ashby's Law of Requisite Variety / Max Boisot and Bill McKelvey -- The Complexity of Industrial Ecosystems: Classification and Computational Modelling / James Baldwin -- Complexity and the Dynamics of Organizational Change / Glenda H. Eoyang -- Complex Thought, Simple Talk: An Ecological Approach to Language-Based Change in Organizations / John Shotter and Haridimos Tsoukas -- Organizational Learning and Complexity Science: Exploring the Joint Potential / Eve Mitleton-Kelly and Ben Ramalingam -- Complexity and Management: A Pluralistic View / Kurt A. Richardson -- Complexity and Managing Implications of Complexity Science for the Study of Leadership / Russ Marion and Mary Uhl-Bien -- A Complexity Perspective on Strategic Human Resource Management / Barry A. Colbert and Elizabeth C. Kurucz -- Complexity and the Rise of Distributed Control in Operations Management / Arash Azadegan and Kevin J. Dooley -- Knowledge Management and Complexity / Max Boisot -- Complexity and Innovation / Pierpaolo Andriani -- Complexity Science Contributions to the Field of Entrepreneurship / Benyamin B. Lichtenstein -- Complexity and Competitive Advantage / Oliver Baumann and Nicolaj Siggelkow -- Complexity Theory and Corporate Strategy / Kathleen M. Eisenhardt and Henning Piezunka -- More than a Metaphor: Complexity and the New Rules of Management / James K. Hazy -- Non-Linear Dynamical Systems Applications to Psychology and Management / Stephen J. Guastello -- The Value in Between: Organizations as Adapting and Evolving Networks / Ce[ac]sar A. Hidalgo -- The Use of Complexity for Policy Exploration / Steven Bankes -- Complexity, Habits and Evolution / Geoffrey M. Hodgson -- Economics Management and Complex Systems / Paul Ormerod -- How Complexity Science Is Transforming Health Care / Brenda Zimmerman.
• Publisher Details: London : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations, digital, html
• Subjects: 658.001; Management -- Philosophy; Complexity (Philosophy); Complexity (Philosophy); Management -- Philosophy; Electronic books; Reference books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781446201084; 1446201082; 1282238752; 9781282238756; 9781847875693; 9781446209745; 1446209741; 1847875696
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.