The Edge of Organization: Chaos and Complexity Theories of Formal Social SystemsSAGE, 14 янв. 1999 г. - Всего страниц: 357 "The Edge of Organization offers a readable, comprehensive, and integrated overview of the new sciences of chaos and complexity. Author Russ Marion describes formal and social organizations from the perspective of chaos and complexity theories. His multidisciplinary approach will appeal to students and scholars across a wide range of social sciences. This book is generously illustrated and includes comprehensive references plus an annotated bibliography of useful books and articles. |
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The Edge of Organization | 1 |
Chaos and Organization | 15 |
Organization at the Edge | 23 |
Shifting Historical Premises to the Edge of Chaos | 39 |
A Nonlinear Redaction of Open Systems | 63 |
Formalization and Integration | 95 |
The Emergence of Order | 113 |
11 | 124 |
Changing Complex Organizations | 211 |
Stability and Change at the Edge | 235 |
Researching Social Chaos and Complexity | 273 |
39 | 274 |
Epilogue on Einsteins Island | 309 |
Notes | 317 |
42 | 325 |
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13 | 136 |
Enacted Environment | 137 |
Coupling at the Edge | 153 |
Darwin and Organizations Goats and Monkeys | 177 |
Limiting Organizational Expansion | 197 |
38 | 202 |
55 | 335 |
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About the Author 357 | |
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