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Embracing complexity: strategic perspectives for an age of turbulence
Oxford: Oxford University Press. Edited by Peter M. Allen & Cliff Bowman (2015)
Abstract
Introduction -- The nature of a complex world -- Unpacking complexity -- Have we thought like this before? -- The complexity of complexity theories -- Complexity and the social world -- Complexity and management -- Complexity and strategy -- Complexity and international development -- Complexity and economics -- Final reflections: what we hope you take away from this book.
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This chapter describes the purpose of the book—to explain complexity theory and contrast with a mechanical worldview and a free market ideology. It explains why complexity thinking is important—because using the ‘wrong science’ to act as an overarching way to understand the world leads to ... see more
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