Complexity and Emergence in Organizations

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1. Changing Conversations in Organizations

   A Complexity Approach to Change

   By Dr Patricia Shaw

   Series: Complexity and Emergence in Organizations

   Drawing on the theoretical foundations laid out in earlier volumes of this series, this book describes an approach to organizational change and development that is informed by a complexity perspective. It clarifies the experience of being in the midst of change. Unlike many books that presume...

   Published July 24th 2002 by Routledge
2. Complexity and Innovation in Organizations

   By Jose Fonseca

   Series: Complexity and Emergence in Organizations

   Taking a critical look at major perspectives on innovation, this book suggests that innovation is not a designed functional activity of a firm or an intentional process through which firms anticipate changes in conditions. Jose Fonseca proposes that the concepts behind the innovation...

   Published November 28th 2001 by Routledge
3. The Emergence of Leadership

   Linking Self-Organization and Ethics

   By Douglas Griffin

   Series: Complexity and Emergence in Organizations

   The second half of the twentieth century witnessed the emergence of the most complex global organizations ever known. Taking a complexity theory perspective, this book explores the key factor that sustains them: leadership. The book examines how leadership is currently understood primarily from a...

   Published November 21st 2001 by Routledge
4. The Paradox of Control in Organizations

   By Philip Streatfield

   Series: Complexity and Emergence in Organizations

   Business leaders are expected to be 'in control' of the situation in which their businesses find themselves. But how can organizational leaders and managers control matters entirely out of their hands; such as the next action a competitor takes, or the next law a government may pass? In this book,...

   Published August 29th 2001 by Routledge
5. Complex Responsive Processes in Organizations

   Learning and Knowledge Creation

   By Ralph Stacey

   Series: Complexity and Emergence in Organizations

   The past decade has seen increasing focus on the importance of information and knowledge in economic and social processes, the so-called 'knowledge economy'. This is reflected in the popularity amongst practicing managers and organizational theorists of notions of learning, sense-making, knowledge...

   Published February 14th 2001 by Routledge