The Biology of Business : Decoding the Natural Laws of Enterprise

Clippinger III, John Henry

ISBN 10: 078794324X / ISBN 13: 9780787943240

Published by Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1999

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John Clippinger and nine outstanding contributors introduce managers to the Complex Adaptive System (CAS) of management, a system that takes into account all of the variables that impact modern enterprises and allows managers to take control from the bottom up. Here, the authors show how McKinsey & Co., Capital One, and Optimark have employed CAS to achieve specific business goals and improve overall corporate fitness. Like new, first printing, inscribed by the author. Size: 6½" - 9½". Seller Inventory # 272861

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Title: The Biology of Business : Decoding the ...

Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publishers

Publication Date: 1999

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

Book Type: book

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Synopsis:

Increasingly interconnected, volatile, and complex, today's organizations cannot be controlled by any conventional approach to management. Indeed, an entirely new definition of what it means to manage is called for. In The Biology of Business, John Clippinger and nine outstanding contributors introduce managers to the Complex Adaptive System (CAS) of management, a system that takes into account all of the variables that impact modern enterprises and allows managers to take control from the bottom up. Here, the authors show how McKinsey & Co., Capital One, and Optimark have employed CAS to achieve specific business goals and improve overall corporate fitness. And they bridge theory and practice to provide managers with proven tools and techniques they can use to transform their enterprises into self-renewing, self-organizing systems that are maximally responsive to changing market conditions and opportunities.

About the Author:

JOHN HENRY CLIPPINGER CEO of Lexeme, is a leading thinker on self-organizing systems and organizations. Previously, he was director of intellectual capital at Coopers & Lybrand. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.