The edge of organization : chaos and complexity theories of formal social systems /

Russ Marion discusses formal and social organizations from the perspectives of chaos and complexity theories. The book aims to offer a comprehensive overview of the new sciences of chaos and complexity.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Marion, Russ
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©1999.
Temas:
Social systems.
Complex organizations.
Chaotic behavior in systems.
Complexity (Philosophy)
Systèmes sociaux.
Organisations complexes.
Chaos.
Complexité (Philosophie)
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Soziales System
Chaotisches System
Organisationstheorie
Chaostheorie
Organisatie.
Organisaties.
Niet-lineaire modellen.
Complexiteit.
Chaos (théorie des systèmes)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The Edge of Organization. Einstein's Island. A Brief Overview of Chaos and Complexity. Implications
  • 2. Chaos and Organization. The Blind Scientists. An Alternative Explanation of Complex Behavior: Chaos Theory
  • 3. Organization at the Edge. Complexity and Chaos
  • 4. Shifting Historical Premises to the Edge of Chaos. God of the Gaps. Pervasive Problems: Order, Randomness, and Causality. The First of Newton's Legacies: Social Physics. Kant and Teleology. Darwin, Spencer, Social Darwinism. Structural Functionalism and Homeostasis. Nonlinear History
  • 5. A Nonlinear Redaction of Open Systems. Holistic Systems. Systems and Environment: Interaction and Energy Transfer. Feedback. Living Social Systems. A Model of Complex Systems.

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