Title:
Complexity and creativity in organizations / Ralph D. Stacey.
Author:
Stacey, Ralph D.
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-299) and index.
Organizations are complex adaptive systems -- Deterministic networks: chaos and dissipative structures -- Adaptive feedback networks: self-organizing learning systems at the edge of chaos -- The space for creativity in a mind -- The space for creativity in a group -- The space for creativity in an organization -- Evolution and predictability in the creative space -- Avoiding and occupying the space for creativity in practice -- Implications of the complexity paradigm for research into management and organizations -- Implications of the science of complexity for management practice.
Publisher:
Berrett-Koehler Publishers,
Publication Place:
San Francisco :
ISBN:
1881052893 (alk. paper)
9781881052890 (alk. paper)
Subject:
Organizational behavior.
Complex organizations.
Organizational change.
Organisatiegedrag.
Organisatieontwikkeling.
Comportement organisationnel.
Organisations complexes.
Changement organisationnel.
Edition:
1st ed.
Contents:
Organizations are complex adaptive systems -- Deterministic networks: chaos and dissipative structures -- Adaptive feedback networks: self-organizing learning systems at the edge of chaos -- The space for creativity in a mind -- The space for creativity in a group -- The space for creativity in an organization -- Evolution and predictability in the creative space -- Avoiding and occupying the space for creativity in practice -- Implications of the complexity paradigm for research into management and organizations -- Implications of the science of complexity for management practice.
Physical Description:
xiii, 312 p. : ill ;
Publication Date:
c1996.
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