Creativity, Chaos, Complexity
Complexity & chaos theories, articles, links
The theories of chaos and complexity from science are being increasingly
applied to organisational and social life. Some of these ideas include
- Order leaps out of disorder and the Butterfly effect, large unpredictable
consequences flow from tiny, microscopic events in systems Chaos leads
to its twin science of complexity. Chaotic systems are complex. That
is, you cannot predict or describe their structure short of running
the whole program.
NEW The publishers Routledge (UK)
are in the process of publishing a new series of books called Complexity
and Emergence in Organizations which is edited by Ralph Stacey, Douglas
Griffin and Patricia Shaw. The details are
listed here.
Michael Lissack
Some of his ideas include
-complexity research and complexity theory have demonstrable applications
which corporate managers can avail themselves of today
- developing a shared language based on the vocabulary of complexity
can have an important role in a management context
- rather than viewing management control as impossible, a different
kind of "control" is needed -- one that influences without force and
without guarantee of detail, but with confidence in patterns. The
use of the vocabulary of complexity theory to develop a shared language
among decision makers and important actors
Complexity, Chaos, Systems
Theories @Brint Organisations as Self Adaptive Complex Systems
- a comprehensive resource of of material and research
Chaos ThinkSite
Given that Chaos is the science of all such "chaordic" systems......including
without a doubt the modern business enterprise, Chaos is thus the
science of organization...the "new" science of management. Our mission
is to translate the most powerful scientific theory of reality ever
known into a potent practice of profound change in that special corner
of the universe we know as the organization.
LGMB Complexity
site
The Organisational Learning Project aims to improve organisational
learning in local authorities and their partner organisations by applying
insights from complexity science and systems thinking to teamwork,
change management, innovation and service improvement.
Complexity International
The LSE Complexity
Research Project
Organisational Complexity
Theory
Emergence
A Journal of Complexity Issues in Organizations and Management
Complexity in Social
Systems
focuses on complexity in social systems. The theme has its origins
in work in the natural and physical sciences, notably in physics,
chemistry, evolutionary biology and mathematics. More recently, these
ideas have been applied in the domains of economics and strategic
management. Drawing on such developments, it explores the relevance
of the complex systems model to the practical problems confronting
organisations.
The Santa Fe Institute
Complexity
Theory & Management Practice - NEW
good critique, details the theory and way its been used