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Managing emergent phenomena : nonlinear dynamics in work organizations
Author
Title
Managing emergent phenomena : nonlinear dynamics in work organizations / Stephen J. Guastello.
ISBN
0415649889
0585390592
1135671907
113567194X
1135671958
141060392X
9780415649889
9780585390598
9781135671907
9781135671945
9781135671952
9781410603920
0805831630
9780805831634
Published
Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2002.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 391 pages) : map, charts
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Summary
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.
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
Other formats
Print version: Guastello, Stephen J. Managing emergent phenomena. Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2002
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 07, 2024
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-375) and indexes.
Contents
Scenes From the Nonlinear House of Panic
The Rise and Fall of Bureaucracy
Enter the House of Panic
Principles of Nonlinear Dynamics, Chaos, and Complexity
Preview of Coming Attractions
Nonlinear Dynamical Systems Theory
Attractors and Stability
Instabilities and Bifurcation
Chaos and Chaotic Attractors
Fractals
Self-organization and Coupled Dynamics
Catastrophe Theory
Structural Equations
Data Requirements
Probability Density, Location, and Scale
Structure of Behavioral Measurements
Power Polynomial Regression Method
Exponential Series with Nonlinear Regression
Catastrophe PDFs with Nonlinear Regression
Systems with More Than One Order Parameter
The Role of Embedding Dimension and Attractor Reconstruction
Organizational Change and Development
Organizational Structure, Climate, and Culture
The Dynamics of Organizational Change
Consciousness in Organizations
Nonlinear Motivation Theory
Some Basic Concepts
Butterfly Catastrophe Model of Motivation
Game Theory
Utility of Selection to the Employer
Turnover Among Air Force Recruits
Motivational Flow
Dynamical Theory of Creativity
Creativity Basics
Chaotic Flows and Individual Creativity
Group Problem-solving Dynamics
Social Networks
The Nature of Social Networks
Nonlinear Dynamics for Networks
Organizational Networks
Work Group Coordination
The Social Process
Game Theory and Implicit Learning
Intersection
Nonlinear Dynamics and Coordination.
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