Systemic Choices : Nonlinear Dynamics and Practical Management.

The revolution in social scientific theory and practice known as nonlinear dynamics, chaos, or complexity, derived from recent advances in the physical, biological, and cognitive sciences, is now culminating with the widespread use of tools and concepts such as praxis, fuzzy logic, artificial intell...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: University of Michigan Press 2010.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface; 1. The Long-Awaited Revolution: An Introduction and Overview; 2. The Crux of Chaos and Complex Systems; 3. Undercurrents, Crosscurrents, and Corresponding Concepts; 4. Systems Thinking Revisited; 5. Toward an Institutional Ecology; 6. The Nexus of the New Praxis; 7. A Range of Practical Management Applications; 8. Macrodynamics and Transformational Forces; 9. Expanding Systemic Choices; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.