Knowledge, organization, and management : building on the work of Max Boisot / edited by John Child and Martin Ihrig.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Child, John, 1940- editor.

Ihrig, Martin, editor.

Class of 1939 Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boisot, Max.

Knowledge management.

Information resources management.

Organizational learning.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Contents:

I Setting the Stage

1 Max Boisot and the Dynamic Evolution of Knowledge / Martin Ihrig Ihrig, Martin, John Child Child, John 3

II Analyses of the Chinese System

2 From Fiefs to Clans and Network Capitalism: Explaining China's Emerging Economic Order / Max Boisot Boisot, Max, John Child Child, John 19

3 Analyses of the Chinese System / John Child Child, John 49

III Organizational Complexity

4 Extreme Outcomes, Connectivity, and Power Laws: Towards an Econophysics of Organization / Max Boisot Boisot, Max, Bill McKelvey McKelvey, Bill 61

5 Reflecting on Max Boisot's Ashby Space Applied to Complexity Management / Bill McKelvey McKelvey, Bill 93

IV The Strategic Management of Knowledge

6 The Creation and Sharing of Knowledge / Max Boisot Boisot, Max 109

7 The Strategic Management of Knowledge / Martin Ihrig Ihrig, Martin, Ian MacMillan MacMillan, Ian 129

V Knowledge in Big Science

8 Generating Knowledge in a Connected World: The Case of the ATLAS Experiment at CERN / Max Boisot Boisot, Max 143

9 Knowledge in Big Science / Agustí Canals Canals, Agustí 155

VI Innovations in Education

10 Chinese Boxes and Learning Cubes: Action Learning in a Cross-Cultural Context / Max Boisot Boisot, Max, Michel Fiol Fiol, Michel 169

11 Innovations in Education / Dana Kaminstein Kaminstein, Dana, John Child Child, John 181

VII Concluding Reflections

12 The I-Space as a Key to History and to Culture / Gordon Redding Redding, Gordon 199

13 The Three Phases of Max Boisot's Theorizing / John-Christopher Spender Spender, John-Christopher 205

14 Writing with Max Boisot / Marshall Meyer Meyer, Marshall 213

15 Remembering Max Boisot: Recollections of a Gifted Intellect at Work / Ron Sanchez Sanchez, Ron 221

16 I-Space and the Value of Basic Research / Markus Nordberg Nordberg, Markus 229

17 Boisot and the God Particle / Marzio Nessi Nessi, Marzio 237

18 Conclusion and Outlook / John Child Child, John, Martin Ihrig Ihrig, Martin 241.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-273) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1939 Fund.

ISBN:

9780199669165

0199669163

OCLC:

855837757