Ecology This listing covers books that expand on the metaphor of organisation as a living system, including the concept of a business ecology within which organisations simultaneously cooperate and compete for ecological 'space'. It also covers books concerned with strategic partnering, an application of that metaphor. Covers books on structuring, organisation culture, management of 'boundaries', analyses of the sources of organisational success and related issues. Organisational learning, Learning Organisation Covers books concerned with organisational learning as a core aspect of organisational development. Knowledge Management contains references to books specifically concerned with organisation in a knowledge economy.
Leadership includes books on leadership that use the same metaphor.
Societal Trends includes books that look at developments within wider society, using this metaphor. The Interactions within a Business Organism Interactions of the Individual with the Business Organism. This 'unintended trilogy' together give a very comprehensive view of the organisation as organism or as an ecology, from the perspective of three different levels, the organisation in an ecology, the organisation as an ecology, and the individual interacting within an organisational ecology. Together they give an excellent baseline for this view of the world. The Living Company Provides a very good high level view of the implications for strategic management of viewing the organisation as a 'living being'.