Organizations As Complex Systems

Author : Maurice Yolles
Publisher : IAP
Page : 887 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2006-09-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781607528081

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Organizations as Complex Systems by Maurice Yolles Pdf

Managing the Complex is an ambitious title - and it would be an audacious one if we were not to begin with a frank admission: to date few to none of us have a skill set which includes managing the complex. We try various things, we write about others, and we wonder about still others. When a tool, perspective, or technique comes along which seems to evoke success, we emulate it probe it and recoil at the all too often admission that it was situation and context which afforded success its opportunity, and not some quality intrinsic to the tool perspective or technique. Indeed, if the study of complexity has done anything for managers, and for those who espouse managerial theory, it is in providing a ‘scientific foundation’ for the notion that context matters. Those who preach abstract ideas have then to reconcile themselves to the notion that situation and embodiment matters. Those who believe in strong causality and determinism are left to wrestle with the role of chance, uncertainty, and chaos. Those who prefer to argue that men move history are confronted with the role of environment and affordances, while those who argue the reverse are left to contend with charisma, irrationality of crowds, and the strange qualities we know as emotions. A series on complex systems has less ambitious goals to contend with than this. Such a series can deal with classifications, and categories, and speak of ‘noise’ as if it were not the central focus of the problem. Managing the complex is about managing ‘noise’ or perhaps we should say it is about ‘dealing with’ ‘accepting’ ‘making room for’ and ‘learning from’ ‘noise’. The articles in this volume and in volumes to come will each be considered as ‘noise’ by some and as ‘gems’ by others, but we hope that practicing managers and academics alike will find plenty of fuel to drive their personal explorations into understanding, and perhaps even managing, the complex.

Author : Cyrille Bertelle,Gérard H. E. Duchamp,Hakima Kadri-Dahmani
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2008-12-03
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783540880738

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Complex Systems and Self-organization Modelling by Cyrille Bertelle,Gérard H. E. Duchamp,Hakima Kadri-Dahmani Pdf

This book, the outcome of a workshop meeting within ESM 2006, explores the use of emergent computing and self-organization modeling within various applications of complex systems.

Author : Herbert A. Simon
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401095211

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Models of Discovery by Herbert A. Simon Pdf

We respect Herbert A. Simon as an established leader of empirical and logical analysis in the human sciences while we happily think of him as also the loner; of course he works with many colleagues but none can match him. He has been writing fruitfully and steadily for four decades in many fields, among them psychology, logic, decision theory, economics, computer science, management, production engineering, information and control theory, operations research, confirmation theory, and we must have omitted several. With all of them, he is at once the technical scientist and the philosophical critic and analyst. When writing of decisions and actions, he is at the interface of philosophy of science, decision theory, philosophy of the specific social sciences, and inventory theory (itself, for him, at the interface of economic theory, production engineering and information theory). When writing on causality, he is at the interface of methodology, metaphysics, logic and philosophy of physics, systems theory, and so on. Not that the interdisciplinary is his orthodoxy; we are delighted that he has chosen to include in this book both his early and little-appreciated treatment of straightforward philosophy of physics - the axioms of Newtonian mechanics, and also his fine papers on pure confirmation theory.

Author : Timothy Ludwig,Ramona Houmanfar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317986942

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Understanding Complexity in Organizations by Timothy Ludwig,Ramona Houmanfar Pdf

Organizations are complex entities that must adapt the practices of their employees and management to meet the demands of a dynamic environment. Organizations are behavioral systems that coordinate interactions among its members and environment. Changing practices in one area of an organization can generate a reaction throughout the entire system, thus affecting the behaviors of those working within other areas, the experience of customers, and important organizational results. Behavioral Systems Analysis (BSA) focuses on these complex contingencies from the macro system all the way down to individual behavior. This book contains articles by internationally recognized experts in Behavioral Systems Analysis who discuss the role of organizational practices in their study of performance improvement and cultural change from both practical and conceptual perspectives. Business and non-profit managers will find tools and case studies to help understand and diagnose their organization’s dynamics. Scholars will appreciate articles’ theory and real-world descriptions when considering their own research direction. Finally, all students of management theory, behavior analysis, and human resources will find this collection a thought-provoking tool for their understanding of behavioral systems and their application in organizations. This book was published as a special issue in the Journal of Organizational Behavior Management.

Author : Edwin E. Olson,Glenda H. Eoyang
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2001-02-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780787953300

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Facilitating Organization Change by Edwin E. Olson,Glenda H. Eoyang Pdf

"Facilitating Organization Change" hilft Ihnen, die Dynamik des Wandels in einem komplexen System zu verstehen und diese Kräfte gezielt zu nutzen. Dieses Buch nennt neue Perspektiven, Methoden und Techniken zur Wiederbelebung von Unternehmen. Es erläutert auch die Muster die das Unternehmensverhalten steuern und zeigt, wie man sich diese Einsichten zunutze macht, um den Unternehmenswandel effektiver voranzutreiben.

Author : Fredmund Malik
Publisher : Campus Verlag
Page : 565 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783593505398

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Strategy for Managing Complex Systems by Fredmund Malik Pdf

"Malik demonstrates that management and management theory have strong foundations in systems science, and most specifically in a certain type of cybernetics of truly complex systems, of organismic, self-organizing, and evolving systems. This book provides the basics on how to create robust, functional, and sustainably viable systems. One of the reasons why it has become a classic on management cybernetics, now in its 11th edition, is that the strategies and heuristic principles of complexity management are still relevant - now more than ever."--Back cover.

Author : Nicolay Worren
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351383639

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Organization Design by Nicolay Worren Pdf

A well-designed organization is an effective organization. Decisions about organization design determine the shape and form of the organization – not only the reporting structure and authority relations, but also the number and size of sub-units and the interfaces between the sub-units. Indirectly, such decisions affect individual productivity as well as the organization’s ability to attain strategic goals. Organization Design equips the reader with advanced tools and frameworks, based on both research and practical experience, for understanding and re-designing organisations. Particular emphasis is placed on how one can improve effectiveness by simplifying complex roles, processes, and structures. This updated second edition includes a new chapter about traditional organizational forms, and is complemented by a companion website. Students will find thorough conceptual explanations combined with case studies from different industries. This textbook will be essential reading for students, scholars, and practitioners.

Author : James K. Hazy,Jeffrey A. Goldstein,Benyamin B. Lichtenstein
Publisher : Exploring Organizational Compl
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0979168864

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Complex Systems Leadership Theory by James K. Hazy,Jeffrey A. Goldstein,Benyamin B. Lichtenstein Pdf

Written by leading experts in the field, this volume seeks to provide new insights and tools that have only recently become apparent through advances in complexity science.

Author : Franz-Josef Kahlen,Shannon Flumerfelt,Anabela Alves
Publisher : Springer
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319387567

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Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Complex Systems by Franz-Josef Kahlen,Shannon Flumerfelt,Anabela Alves Pdf

This book presents an internationally comprehensive perspective into the field of complex systems. It explores the challenges of and approaches to complexity from a broad range of disciplines, including big data, health care, medicine, mathematics, mechanical and systems engineering, air traffic control and finance. The book’s interdisciplinary character allows readers to identify transferable and mutually exclusive lessons learned among these disciplines and beyond. As such, it is well suited to the transfer of applications and methodologies between ostensibly incompatible disciplines. This book provides fresh perspectives on comparable issues of complexity from the top minds on systems thinking.

Author : John L. Kmetz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429780837

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The Information Processing Theory of Organization by John L. Kmetz Pdf

First published in 1998, revised in 2021, this volume develops and tests an information-processing model of organization, within the context of the accession of a new generation of a production technology. The model conceptualizes organizations as systems which accomplish their objectives through the processing of information. The book begins with the conceptual basis of the theory, developing the fundamental concepts of information, information processing, and technology. The accession of an automatic avionics tester during the 1970s and 1980s is the change in production technology used to test the theory. The theory is tested by mapping and analysing performance with a three-wave longitudinal field experiment and objective performance measures in the workflow of a very complex system, the U.S. Navy’s avionics maintenance organization. The information processing capacity of the system is shown to be the primary determinant of system performance, with or without the use of information technology. Additional support for the theory comes from newer test and information technologies deployed in the 1980s and 1990s. Implications of this theory for current generations of test technology are provided in the final chapters, along with further development of the theory and its general application to many types of organizations.

Author : Robert Axelrod,Michael D Cohen
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2008-08-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780786723447

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Harnessing Complexity by Robert Axelrod,Michael D Cohen Pdf

Harnessing Complexity will be indispensable to anyone who wants to better comprehend how people and organizations can adapt effectively in the information age. This book is a step-by-step guide to understanding the processes of variation, interaction, and selection that are at work in all organizations. The authors show how to use their own paradigm of "bottom up" management, the Complex Adaptive System-whether in science, public policy, or private commerce. This simple model of how people work together will change forever how we think about getting things done in a group. "Harnessing Complexity distills the managerial essence of current research on complexity. "A very valuable contribution to the emerging theory of competition and competitive advantage."-C.K. Prahalad, University of Michigan, coauthor of Competing for the Future "A brilliant exposition that demystifies both the theory and use of Complex Adaptive Systems."-John Seely Brown, Xerox Corporation and Palo Alto Research Center

Author : Eve Mitleton-Kelly
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2003-09-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0080439578

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Complex Systems and Evolutionary Perspectives on Organisations by Eve Mitleton-Kelly Pdf

Focusing primarily on the application of the theories of complexity to organisations, it slowly helped to disseminate ideas on complexity. The 14 international authors in this volume reflect this interest in 10 chapters that range from the very practical application of the theory to more philosophical reflections on its nature and applicability.

Author : Howard Hunt Pattee
Publisher : George Braziller
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Science
ISBN : UCSD:31822013232947

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Hierarchy Theory by Howard Hunt Pattee Pdf

Author : Ali Farazmand
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 13623 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2023-04-05
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783030662523

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Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance by Ali Farazmand Pdf

This global encyclopedic work serves as a comprehensive collection of global scholarship regarding the vast fields of public administration, public policy, governance, and management. Written and edited by leading international scholars and practitioners, this exhaustive resource covers all areas of the above fields and their numerous subfields of study. In keeping with the multidisciplinary spirit of these fields and subfields, the entries make use of various theoretical, empirical, analytical, practical, and methodological bases of knowledge. Expanded and updated, the second edition includes over a thousand of new entries representing the most current research in public administration, public policy, governance, nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations, and management covering such important sub-areas as: 1. organization theory, behavior, change and development; 2. administrative theory and practice; 3. Bureaucracy; 4. public budgeting and financial management; 5. public economy and public management 6. public personnel administration and labor-management relations; 7. crisis and emergency management; 8. institutional theory and public administration; 9. law and regulations; 10. ethics and accountability; 11. public governance and private governance; 12. Nonprofit management and nongovernmental organizations; 13. Social, health, and environmental policy areas; 14. pandemic and crisis management; 15. administrative and governance reforms; 16. comparative public administration and governance; 17. globalization and international issues; 18. performance management; 19. geographical areas of the world with country-focused entries like Japan, China, Latin America, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Russia and Eastern Europe, North America; and 20. a lot more. Relevant to professionals, experts, scholars, general readers, researchers, policy makers and manger, and students worldwide, this work will serve as the most viable global reference source for those looking for an introduction and advance knowledge to the field.

Author : Stephen S. Mick,Patrick D. Shay
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-23
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781118862773

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Advances in Health Care Organization Theory by Stephen S. Mick,Patrick D. Shay Pdf

Explore the evolution of organization theory in the health care sector Advances in Health Care Organization Theory, 2nd Edition, introduces students in health administration to the fields of organization theory and organizational behavior and their application to the management of health care organizations. The book explores the major health care developments over the past decade and demonstrates the contribution of organization theory to a deeper understanding of the changes in the delivery system, including the historic passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. Taking both a micro and macro view, editors Stephen S. Mick and Patrick D. Shay, collaborate with a roster of contributing experts to compile a comprehensive volume that covers the latest in organization theory. Topics include: Institutional and neo-institutional theory Patient-centered practices and organizational culture change Design and implementation of patient-centered care management teams Hospital-based clusters as new organizational structures Application of social network theory to health care