This study explores both the problems business executives face in today's market conditions and the strategic solutions available to them. It provides an introduction to chaos theory and explores the benefits to be gained from uncertainty in the business climate.
Complexity theory is generating increasing interest amongst strategic thinkers. This fascinating book covers issues such as predictability, creativity and relationships as it considers how complexity, and its central principles of emergence and self-organization, are being used to understand organizations. The book: Timely and controversial, Complexity and Management is essential reading for anyone interested in strategy, systems thinking, organization and management theory, and organizational change.
This text aims to provide students with a comprehensive alternative to the existing material on strategic management. The author works on the premise that organizations thrive and succeed in highly dynamic environments rather than states of stability. Rather than concentrating on the analysis of competitive positions, this text focuses on the organizations as a feedback system. including Suter Packaging Division; Potain SA; Societe Generale de Belgique; Logitech International SA; Federal Metals Inc. other business studies programmes where strategic management is a core subject; MBA students and other postgraduate/post-experience students covering strategic management as part of the course.
Dem sprichwörtlich kreativen Chaos durch Kontrolle den Garaus machen, wäre eindeutig der falsche Weg. Ralph D. Stacey beleuchtet die Managementpraktiken international führender Unternehmen und zeigt: Nur flexibles und innovatives Verhalten bewirkt geschäftlichen Erfolg. Und das ist ohne Kreativität nicht möglich.