The Interaction of Complexity and Management

Lissack, Michael R.

ISBN 10: 1567204279 / ISBN 13: 9781567204278

Published by Praeger (UK), 2002

About this Item

This work ranges widely through several disciplines, but always returns to the critical questions: What is complexity science, what is management, and how are they linked? The result is an important study for executives at upper levels in an organization. Editor(s): Lissack, Michael R. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 634. . 2002. hardcover. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Interaction of Complexity and Management
• Publisher: Praeger (UK)
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1567204279
• ISBN 13: 9781567204278
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

What is complexity science? What is management? And how are the two linked? The potential of complexity science in the fields of management and organization studies has been explored before, yet there is little agreement on what complexity science truly is. Lissack and Rivkin, along with a panel of distinguished academics and executives, identify critical topics in the study of complexity science. They reveal complexity science to be a process, one seeking and understanding of the systems we inhabit, and ways of applying that understanding to the management of organizations.

Complexity science is not a management fad, and the authors do not treat it as such. Instead, they offer useful and fascinating viewpoints on how work is managed in an age of business uncertainty, and how it can be more successfully managed with the aid of this rapidly evolving new field of science. Their multidisciplinary book combines systems theory, statistical modeling, and individual and organizational learning in an innovative new context. The volume takes a pragmatic approach: if it works, it's right. And complexity science, say the authors, work extremely well. This book is an important resource for upper level executives, specialists in organizational behavior, and their colleagues in the academic community.

About the Author

MICHAEL R. LISSACK is Director of the Institute for the Study of Coherence and Emergence, Boston, and editor of the journal Emergence. Lissack has taught economics at Williams College, research techniques at Henley, and business ethics at the Rotterdam School of Management. He is author, coauthor, or coeditor of five previous books, including Managing Complexity in Organizations (coedited with Hugh Gunz, 2000).