Leadership and the new science : discovering order in a chaotic world /

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"Shows how discoveries in quantum physics, biology, and chaos theory enable us to deal successfully with change and uncertainty in our organizations and our lives. Includes a new chapter on how the new sciences can help us understand and cope with some of the major social challenges of our time...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wheatley, Margaret J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Francisco, Calif. : Berrett-Koehler, 2006.
Edición:3rd ed.
Temas:
Leadership.
Organization.
Quantum theory.
Self-organizing systems.
Chaotic behavior in systems.
Science.
System theory.
Leadership
Models, Organizational
Organization and Administration
Quantum Theory
Science
Systems Theory
Organisation.
Théorie quantique.
Systèmes auto-organisés.
Chaos.
Sciences.
Théorie des systèmes.
sciences (philosophy)
science (modern discipline)
SCIENCE > Essays.
SCIENCE > Nanoscience.
SCIENCE > Reference.
System theory
Chaotic behavior in systems
Organization
Quantum theory
Self-organizing systems
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue : Maps to the real world
  • Introduction : searching for a simpler way to lead organizations
  • 1. Discovering an orderly world
  • 2. Newtonian organizations in a quantum age
  • 3. Space is not empty : invisible fields that shape behavior
  • 4. The participative nature of the universe
  • 5. Change, stability, and renewal : the paradoxes of self-organizing systems
  • 6. The creative energy of the universe
  • information
  • 7. Chaos and the strange attractor of meaning
  • 8. Change
  • the capacity of life
  • 9. The new scientific management
  • 10. The real world
  • Epilogue : Journeying to a new world
  • To further explore the ideas and work of Margaret Wheatley
  • The Berkana Institute
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the author.

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