Aspects Of Complexity

Author : Terry Cooke-Davies
Publisher : Project Management Institute
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781935589723

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Aspects of Complexity by Terry Cooke-Davies Pdf

Complexity in projects may be one of those things that are difficult to define, but easy to recognize when encountered. Or maybe not so easy. This collection of analyses deals with complexity in a way that will appeal to both academics and practitioners. It arises from a series of four academic-business roundtables sponsored by the Project Management Institute in the U.S., Australia, Malta, and Brazil. Researchers will appreciate the academic rigor of the content and practitioners will appreciate the generally reader-friendly style and tone. The opening chapter offers that elusive definition and provides the foundation for common understanding. The next four chapters compose the theoretical portion of the book, establishing the underpinning concepts related to systems thinking, systems engineering, chaos or complexity theory, and behavioral and cognitive aspects. The remainder of the book is more practice-oriented. It is a serious attempt to pull together what is currently known and understood about the topic, to help practitioners and their managers improve future practice, and to guide research into answering those questions that will best help to improve understanding of the topic.

Author : Rod G. Downey,Denis Roman Hirschfeldt
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Computers
ISBN : 3110168103

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Aspects of Complexity by Rod G. Downey,Denis Roman Hirschfeldt Pdf

The series is devoted to the publication of high-level monographs on all areas of mathematical logic and its applications. It is addressed to advanced students and research mathematicians, and may also serve as a guide for lectures and for seminars at the graduate level.

Author : Renata Petrevska Nechkoska
Publisher : Springer
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030228040

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Tactical Management in Complexity by Renata Petrevska Nechkoska Pdf

This book draws on the author’s own experience as a practitioner, collaborations with professionals from small and medium-sized businesses with international scope in North Macedonia and Belgium, and academic research. Its goal is to bring together tactical management and information systems research in complex environments. By developing the “DENICA” managerial method it re-introduces tactics as an important managerial function and underestimated source of competitive advantage. The book also offers a roadmap for dynamic reconfiguration of the managerial systems in complex environment, while considering adaptability, sustainability and effectiveness in the process. Furthermore, the book introduces a methodological “kaleidoscope” which combines IS methodology with the managerial sciences, offering a model that can be adapted and replicated to specific contexts in order to achieve fitting solutions. Real-world case studies from North Macedonia and Belgium apply these methods and illustrate their practical implications.

Author : Rick Nason
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781487514785

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It's Not Complicated by Rick Nason Pdf

In the new knowledge economy, traditional modes of thinking are no longer effective. Compartmentalizing problems and solutions and assuming everything can be solved with the right formula can no longer keep pace with the radical changes occurring daily in the modern business world. It’s Not Complicated offers a paradigm shift for business professionals looking for simplified solutions to complex problems. In his straightforward and highly engaging style, Rick Nason introduces the principles of “complexity thinking” which empower managers to understand, correlate, and explain a diverse range of business phenomena. For example, why some new products go viral while others remain unnoticed, how office cliques develop despite collaborative work policies and spaces, how economic bubbles form, and how an unknown retiree foiled one of the most carefully planned product launches ever with a single letter to the editor of his local newspaper. Rather than consider complicated and complex as interchangeable terms, Rick Nason explains what complexity is, how it arises, and the errors in solving complex situations with complicated thinking. It’s Not Complicated provides managers with fresh, counterintuitive, and actionable models for dealing with challenging business problems.

Author : Ernesto Zimmermann
Publisher : Jörg Vogt Verlag
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : MIMO systems
ISBN : 9783938860090

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Complexity Aspects in Near Capacity MIMO Detection Decoding by Ernesto Zimmermann Pdf

Author : Udo Lindemann,Maik Maurer,Thomas Braun
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-24
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783540878896

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Structural Complexity Management by Udo Lindemann,Maik Maurer,Thomas Braun Pdf

Product design is characterized by a steady increase in complexity. The main focus of this book is a structural approach on complexity management. This means, system structures are considered in order to address the challenge of complexity in all aspects of product design. Structures arise from the complex dependencies of system elements. Thus, the identification of system structures provides access to the understanding of system behavior in practical applications. The book presents a methodology that enables the analysis, control and optimization of complex structures, and the applicability of domain-spanning problems. The methodology allows significant improvements on handling system complexity by creating improved system understanding on the one hand and optimizing product design that is robust for system adaptations on the other hand. Developers can thereby enhance project coordination and improve communication between team members and as a result shorten development time. The practical application of the methodology is described by means of two detailed examples.

Author : Salikoko S. Mufwene,François Pellegrino,Christophe Coupé
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781107054370

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Complexity in Language by Salikoko S. Mufwene,François Pellegrino,Christophe Coupé Pdf

This book is about dynamical, social-interactional aspects of the emergence of complexity in language, explained by linguists, cognitivists, and modelers.

Author : K E Eriksson,K Lindgren,B Månsson
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1987-12-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789814507974

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Structure, Context, Complexity, Organization by K E Eriksson,K Lindgren,B Månsson Pdf

Using information theory the book defines quantitative measures for structure and textural information and relates them to thermodynamic negentropy. Other concepts like that of algorithmic information can be applied and used to define complexity and organization. Also defined are the physical value concepts, and how these relate to each other using ideas from ecology and economics; it thus formulates a physical theory which could serve as a basis for a dialogue between physicists, economists and ecologists. Contents:Information TheoryExergeticsGeometrical Information TheoryDiscrete Systems and ComputationStructure in Chemical SystemsQuantum SystemsEvolution and Value Readership: Physicists, mathematicians, economists and ecologists. Keywords:Information Theory;Exergetics;Geometrical Information Theory;Discrete Systems and Computation;Structure in Chemical Systems;Quantum Systems;Evolution and ValueReview: “… fascinating and thought-provoking book … I can wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone interested in the application of information theory to physical systems.” S J D Phoenix Contemporary Physics, 1989

Author : M. Mitchell Waldrop
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781504059145

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Complexity by M. Mitchell Waldrop Pdf

“If you liked Chaos, you’ll love Complexity. Waldrop creates the most exciting intellectual adventure story of the year” (The Washington Post). In a rarified world of scientific research, a revolution has been brewing. Its activists are not anarchists, but rather Nobel Laureates in physics and economics and pony-tailed graduates, mathematicians, and computer scientists from all over the world. They have formed an iconoclastic think-tank and their radical idea is to create a new science: complexity. They want to know how a primordial soup of simple molecules managed to turn itself into the first living cell—and what the origin of life some four billion years ago can tell us about the process of technological innovation today. This book is their story—the story of how they have tried to forge what they like to call the science of the twenty-first century. “Lucidly shows physicists, biologists, computer scientists and economists swapping metaphors and reveling in the sense that epochal discoveries are just around the corner . . . [Waldrop] has a special talent for relaying the exhilaration of moments of intellectual insight.” —The New York Times Book Review “Where I enjoyed the book was when it dove into the actual question of complexity, talking about complex systems in economics, biology, genetics, computer modeling, and so on. Snippets of rare beauty here and there almost took your breath away.” —Medium “[Waldrop] provides a good grounding of what may indeed be the first flowering of a new science.” —Publishers Weekly

Author : Bassam Hussein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-07
Category : Project management
ISBN : 8245024449

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The Road to Success by Bassam Hussein Pdf

This book is not a typical textbook on project management nor is it a collection of real-life project cases. Although the book is written in a textbook format, it combines real-life project cases, research results from analyses of causes of success and failure in projects, and a theoretical review of key methods and terms in project management, supported by references and examples from these real-life cases. The main target group of this book is project management professionals who are seeking to gain insights into the perquisites of project success. Therefore, this book was written with the following goals in mind: (1) to provide the readers with a collection of real-life project cases from different types of industries and sectors, (2) to use empirical evidence from these real-life cases to facilitate understanding of essential concepts and methods in project management, and (3) to present new insights and understandings about project success gained from analysing the cases collectively.

Author : Maik Maurer
Publisher : Springer
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-21
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783662534489

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Complexity Management in Engineering Design – a Primer by Maik Maurer Pdf

The treatise supports understanding the phenomena of complexity in engineering, distinguishes complexity from other challenges and presents an overview of definitions and applied approaches.The historical background of complexity management is explained by highlighting the important epochs, their key actors and their discoveries, findings and developments. Knowing about the appearance of early system awareness in ancient Greece, the creation of mechanical philosophy in the 17th century and the discovery of classic physics enables the reader to better comprehend modern system sciences and management approaches.A classification of complexity management approaches by research fields indicates current focus areas and starting points for future discussions. In a comprehensive map, the classification points out mutual overlaps between engineering disciplines in terms of similar complexity management approaches.Finally, the treatise introduces a generic complexity management framework, which is based on structural management approaches.

Author : Scott E. Page
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400835140

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Diversity and Complexity by Scott E. Page Pdf

This book provides an introduction to the role of diversity in complex adaptive systems. A complex system--such as an economy or a tropical ecosystem--consists of interacting adaptive entities that produce dynamic patterns and structures. Diversity plays a different role in a complex system than it does in an equilibrium system, where it often merely produces variation around the mean for performance measures. In complex adaptive systems, diversity makes fundamental contributions to system performance. Scott Page gives a concise primer on how diversity happens, how it is maintained, and how it affects complex systems. He explains how diversity underpins system level robustness, allowing for multiple responses to external shocks and internal adaptations; how it provides the seeds for large events by creating outliers that fuel tipping points; and how it drives novelty and innovation. Page looks at the different kinds of diversity--variations within and across types, and distinct community compositions and interaction structures--and covers the evolution of diversity within complex systems and the factors that determine the amount of maintained diversity within a system. Provides a concise and accessible introduction Shows how diversity underpins robustness and fuels tipping points Covers all types of diversity The essential primer on diversity in complex adaptive systems

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 952 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0080931227

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Philosophy of Complex Systems by Anonim Pdf

The domain of nonlinear dynamical systems and its mathematical underpinnings has been developing exponentially for a century, the last 35 years seeing an outpouring of new ideas and applications and a concomitant confluence with ideas of complex systems and their applications from irreversible thermodynamics. A few examples are in meteorology, ecological dynamics, and social and economic dynamics. These new ideas have profound implications for our understanding and practice in domains involving complexity, predictability and determinism, equilibrium, control, planning, individuality, responsibility and so on. Our intention is to draw together in this volume, we believe for the first time, a comprehensive picture of the manifold philosophically interesting impacts of recent developments in understanding nonlinear systems and the unique aspects of their complexity. The book will focus specifically on the philosophical concepts, principles, judgments and problems distinctly raised by work in the domain of complex nonlinear dynamical systems, especially in recent years. -Comprehensive coverage of all main theories in the philosophy of Complex Systems -Clearly written expositions of fundamental ideas and concepts -Definitive discussions by leading researchers in the field -Summaries of leading-edge research in related fields are also included

Author : Elisabeth S.C. Berger,Andreas Kuckertz
Publisher : Springer
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319271088

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Complexity in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology Research by Elisabeth S.C. Berger,Andreas Kuckertz Pdf

This volume discusses the challenge of dealing with complexity in entrepreneurship, innovation and technology research. Businesses as well as entire economies are increasingly being confronted by widespread complex systems. Fields such as entrepreneurship and innovation cannot ignore this reality, especially with their inherent links to diverse research fields and interdisciplinary methods. However, most methods that allow more detailed analyses of complex problems are either neglected in mainstream research or are, at best, still emerging. Against this backdrop, this book provides a forum for the discussion of emergent and neglected methods in the context of complexity in entrepreneurship, innovation and technology research, and also acts as an inspiration for academics across related disciplines to engage more in complexity research.

Author : Robert L. Flood,Ewart R. Carson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781475722352

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Dealing with Complexity by Robert L. Flood,Ewart R. Carson Pdf

Contents 11. 2. 2. Four Main Areas of Dispute 247 11. 2. 3. Summary . . . 248 11. 3. Making Sense of the Issues . . 248 11. 3. 1. Introduction . . . . 248 11. 3. 2. The Scientific Approach 248 11. 3. 3. Science and Matters of Society . 249 11. 3. 4. Summary . 251 11. 4. Tying It All Together . . . . 251 11. 4. 1. Introduction . . . . 251 11. 4. 2. A Unifying Framework 251 11. 4. 3. Critical Systems Thinking 253 11. 4. 4. Summary 254 11. 5. Conclusion 254 Questions . . . 255 REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Chapter One SYSTEMS Origin and Evolution, Terms and Concepts 1. 1. INTRODUCTION We start this book with Theme A (see Figure P. I in the Preface), which aims to develop an essential and fundamental understanding of systems science. So, what is systems science? When asked to explain what systems science is all about, many systems scientists are confronted with a rather daunting task. The discipline tends to be presented and understood in a fragmented way and very few people hold an overview understanding of the subject matter, while also having sufficient in-depth competence in many and broad-ranging subject areas where the ideas are used. Indeed, it was precisely this difficulty that identified the need for a comprehensive well-documented account such as is presented here in Dealing with Complexity.