Harnessing Complexity
Subtitle: Organizational Implications of a Scientific Frontier
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: August 1, 2001
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780465005505
First sentence: Whether or not we are aware of it, we all intervene in complex systems.
Description: The explosion of research on complex systems has given scientists profound new insights into how natural improvement occurs and how its power can be exploited. The book provides leaders in business and
government with an in-depth introduction to complexity that will help them make effective decisions in a world of rapid change. "Harnessing Complexity" is a step-by-step guide that managers can use to understand the processes of variation, interaction and selection that are at the heart of the authors' paradigm of bottom-up management. This simple yet revolutionary analysis of how people work together will transform the way we think about getting things done in a group. [From the back cover of the paperback edition.]
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-171) and index.
Table of contents: label: Preface
pagenum: xi; label: I
pagenum: 1
title: Introduction; label: II
pagenum: 32
title: Variation; label: III
pagenum: 62
title: Interaction; label: IV
pagenum: 117
title: Selection; label: V
pagenum: 152
title: Conclusion; label: References
pagenum: 161; label: Index
pagenum: 173