Organizations As Complex Systems
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Organizations As Complex Systems
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Author : Maurice Yolles
language : en
Publisher: IAP
Release Date : 2006-09-01
Organizations As Complex Systems written by Maurice Yolles and has been published by IAP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-01 with Business & Economics categories.
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.
Complex Systems Leadership Theory
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Author : James K. Hazy
language : en
Publisher: Exploring Organizational Compl
Release Date : 2007
Complex Systems Leadership Theory written by James K. Hazy and has been published by Exploring Organizational Compl this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Business & Economics categories.
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.
Complex Systems And Self Organization Modelling
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Author : Cyrille Bertelle
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2008-12-03
Complex Systems And Self Organization Modelling written by Cyrille Bertelle and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-12-03 with Technology & Engineering categories.
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.
Complex Systems And Evolutionary Perspectives On Organisations
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Author : Eve Mitleton-Kelly
language : en
Publisher: Pergamon Press
Release Date : 2003-09-30
Complex Systems And Evolutionary Perspectives On Organisations written by Eve Mitleton-Kelly and has been published by Pergamon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-09-30 with Business & Economics categories.
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.
The Information Processing Theory Of Organization
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Author : John L. Kmetz
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-11-09
The Information Processing Theory Of Organization written by John L. Kmetz and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-09 with Business & Economics categories.
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.
Organization Design
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Author : Nicolay Worren
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-05-20
Organization Design written by Nicolay Worren and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-20 with Business & Economics categories.
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.
Managing Organizational Complexity
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Author : Kurt A. Richardson
language : en
Publisher: IAP
Release Date : 2005-06-01
Managing Organizational Complexity written by Kurt A. Richardson and has been published by IAP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-06-01 with Business & Economics categories.
Complex Systems And Evolutionary Perspectives On Organisations
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Author : Eve Mitleton-Kelly
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Complex Systems And Evolutionary Perspectives On Organisations written by Eve Mitleton-Kelly and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Business & Economics categories.
In January 1995 the first Complexity Seminar was held at the London School of Economics, in the UK. This was quite a momentous occasion as it proved to be the turning point for the series of seminars, which had started in December 1992. That seminar and those that followed it, had a profound effect on the research interests of Eve Mitleton-Kelly, the initiator and organiser of the series and editor of this volume, and thus laid the foundation for what became the LSE Complexity Research Programme, which proceeded to win several research awards for collaborative projects with companies.
Organisation Design
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Author : Nicolay Worren
language : en
Publisher: Financial Times/Prentice Hall
Release Date : 2012
Organisation Design written by Nicolay Worren and has been published by Financial Times/Prentice Hall this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Complex organizations categories.
Organization design is part of every manager and leader's job: attempting to understand and improve how organizations function through creating or adjusting of roles, processes, and structures. In fact, most managers are faced with organization design challenges on an almost daily basis. Managers constantly design and redesign individual roles, define new projects (including their structure and reporting relationships), and contemplate better ways to co-ordinate organizational processes with multiple internal stakeholders. Periodically they may also make more fundamental changes to business structures, or adapt and implement high-level designs developed by others. This textbook introduces concepts and frameworks for designing complex organizations. It starts by outlining some of the key concepts that serve as a foundation to understanding how the theory applies in practice. It also reviews the status of organisation design - as a field of research and as a practical discipline - both its achievements, and some of its challenges and limitations. It then discusses how the field can develop to ensure that it provides research-based and useful knowledge that contributes to enhancing the effectiveness of organizations. "Nicolay Worren provides a much needed blend of organization design theory and practice as well as a rigorous approach to simplifying today's complex global enterprises. It is an essential read for any organizational designer" Marc Gerstein, past president of the Organization Design Forum and author of Organizational Architecture and Flirting with Disaster "...The message that organization design is a part of every managers' job, is a major determinant of effectiveness, but requires considerable skill, comes through load and clear from this book. With its use of challenges, key questions and proposed approaches the book explains complex concepts and provides a good blend academic insight and practical relevance". Paul R. Sparrow, Director, Centre for Performance-led HR, Lancaster University Management School "In training the future leaders of the corporate world, business schools have historically placed little emphasis on organization design. Nicolay Worren's book on organization design demonstrates this is a huge mistake. How we design our corporations has an enormous impact on their performance! Worren develops a novel, complexity-oriented approach by advocating a 'design' rather than 'decision-making' attitude. Worren's book draws on organizational architecture as a key notion and also provides a clear, step-by-step process toward applying core ideas in organizational design and architecture. A must-read for today's (aspiring) managers." Georges Romme, Dean of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands "This clearly written book offers a contemporary and thoughtful presentation of the architectural options involved in organisational design. It candidly acknowledges the neglect of organisational design in much research (...). It emphasizes that the topic of organisational design must include processes of design (...) Overall, Nicolay Worren persuasively makes the argument that organizational design deserves to be a core topic in the modern business school. Lex Donaldson, Professor of Management in Organisational Design, Australian School of Business, University of New South Wales
Complexity And Organization
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Author : Robert Macintosh
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-10-16
Complexity And Organization written by Robert Macintosh and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-16 with Business & Economics categories.
In the past decade, complexity-based thinking has exerted an increasing, yet somewhat controversial authority over management theory and practice. This has in some part been due to the influence of a number of high-profile articles and the not inconsiderable hype which has accompanied them. Another feature of the subject’s development has been the diversity of the origins of the thinking and the claims which have been made for it in terms of managerial and organizational implications. Complexity and Organization is the first text to bring this thinking together, presenting some of the most influential writing in the field, showing how the subject has developed and how it continues to influence managerial thinking. Seminal contributions to the field have been brought together in a single accessible volume, allowing readers to access what might otherwise appear a very diverse body of literature. Moreover, the editors, who represent some of the leading thinkers and writers in this field, have combined these readings with a unique commentary, indicating not only the importance of the papers but teasing out the subtle but significant differences and similarities between them. These commentaries take the form of a discussion between the editors, debating the contribution that each paper has made to the field and the influence it has had on management thinking.