Managing Emergent Phenomena: Nonlinear Dynamics in Work Organizations

by Stephen J. Guastello

Chaos, catastrophe, self-organization, and complexity theories (nonlinear dynamics) now have practical and measurable roles in the functioning of work organizations. Managing Emergent Phenomena begins by describing how the concept of an organization has changed from a bureaucracy, to a humanistic and organic system, to a complex adaptive system. The dynamics concepts are then explained along with the most recent research methods for analyzing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805831630
• ISBN13: 9780805831634
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Length: 406 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"