Complexity: A Key Idea for Business and Society

ISBN-13: 9780367433857 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 188 str.

Chris Mowles

Opis

This book interprets insights from the complexity sciences to explore seven types of complexity better to understand the predictable unpredictability of social life.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: the predictable unpredictability of the world 2. Complex models: radical challenge to management orthodoxy 3. Complex action: the uncertain outcomes of individuals negotiating in groups 4. The complex self: the ‘I’, ‘me’ and ‘we’ 5. Complex communication: persuading and being persuaded 6. Complex knowledge, complex knowing 7. Complex authority: the leader in the group and the group in the leader 8. Complex ethics: widening our circle of concern 9. Conclusions: towards greater humility and humane ways of working

O autorze

Chris Mowles is Professor of Complexity and Management at Hertfordshire Business School, University of Hertfordshire, UK.