Application of complexity science to business / guest editor: Richard Wilding.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wilding, Richard.

Series:

Management decision ; 44, no. 7.

Management Decision ; 44, no. 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business logistics.

Industrial management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (148 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford, England : Emerald Group Publishing, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This e-book focuses on the application of complexity science to business, an often complicated concept to demonstrate its relevance to practicing managers. This e-book focuses on the application of complexity science, demonstrates the significant impact it can have on everyday managerial practices and provides an excellent showcase for examples of applied research and practical cases.

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Guest editorial; Towards a complexity theory of strategy; Complexity theory and organizing form dualities; Towards sustainable development strategies; Crisis management or crisis response system?; Complexity and variety in mass customization systems: analysis and recommendations; Applying a fuzzy-morphological approach to complexity within management decision making; The state we are in: insights from autopoiesis and complexity theory; Spotlight on Richard T. Pascale;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-70587-6

9786610705870

1-84663-093-2

OCLC:

77528149