Cybernetics and systems theory in management tools, views, and advancements
Title:
Cybernetics and systems theory in management tools, views, and advancements
Author:
Wallis, Steven, 1960-
ISBN:
9781615206698
Publication Information:
Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2010.
Physical Description:
electronic texts (xxxiv, 363 p. : ill.) : digital files.
Contents:
1. Emerging the evolutionary corporation in a sustainable world / Alexander Laszlo, Kathia Laszlo -- 2. Leaders, decisions, and the neuro-knowledge system / Alex Bennet, David Bennet -- 3. Exploring the implications of complexity thinking for the management of complex organizations / Kurt Richardson -- 4. Decision integrity and second order cybernetics / Anthony Hodgson -- 5. A new approach to a theory of management / Donald Mikulecky -- 6. Consortial benchmarking / Holger Schiele, Stefan Krummaker -- 7. Systemic paradoxes of organizational change / Marianne Lewis -- 8. Metatheorising transformational management / Mark Edwards -- 9. The structure of theory and the structure of scientific revolutions / Steven Wallis -- 10. The dynamic usage of models (DYSAM) as a theoretically-based phenomenological tool for managing complexity and as a research framework / Gianfranco Minati -- 11. Knowledge cybernetics / Maurice Yolles -- 12. The arrival of the fittest / Alexander Riegler -- 13. Co-construction of learning objects / Thomas Hansson -- 14. A system approach to describing, analysing and control of the behaviour of agents in MAS / František Capkovic -- 15. Identification and response prediction of switching dynamic systems using interval analysis / Kyarash Shahriari -- 16. Selection of the best subset of variables in regression and time series models / Nicholas Nechval, Konstantin Nechval, Maris Purgailis, Uldis Rozevskis.
Abstract:
This book provides new models and insights into how to develop, test, and apply more effective decision-making and ethical practices in an organizational setting. This critical mass of sought after knowledge with expert international contributions presents a cornerstone publication inspiring new directions of research and theory building--Provided by publisher.
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