Coherence in the Midst of Complexity: Advances in Social Complexity Theory

Author:   H. Letiche ,  M. Lissack ,  Kenneth A. Loparo
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2011
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9781349341474


Pages:   297
Publication Date:   15 December 2011
Format:   Paperback
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A discussion on the social complexity approach, where dialogue and stories allow for the degrees of freedom needed for the opportunities of emergence to take root. The authors focus on the experience of coherence and how such experiential lessons differ from the establishment and maintenance of categories and labels.

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Author:   H. Letiche ,  M. Lissack ,  Kenneth A. Loparo
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2011
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781349341474


ISBN 10:   1349341479
Pages:   297
Publication Date:   15 December 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction  Miracles and Nasty Surprises  The Failure of Models & Labels; the Success of Experience & Emergence  Two Kinds of Coherence – Ascribed and Emergent   Models, Homologies & Simulacra  The Ascribed Coherence of Thagard and Weick   Coherence and Business Success  Emergence, Coherence & Narrative  Affordances and Organization Homology: Sense-Making Revisited  But Experience is Different  Complexity Tools: the Semiotic Square & Homology   Steps to Implementation

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"""Every manager should read this book and take it to heart."" Ian I. Mitroff, Professor Emeritus at the Marshall School of Business and the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California."


Every manager should read this book and take it to heart. Ian I. Mitroff, Professor Emeritus at the Marshall School of Business and the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California.


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Author Michael Lissack: Michael Lissack is Executive Director and ISCE Professor of Meaning in Organizations at the Institute for the Study of Coherence and Emergence (ISCE), USA; Visiting Research Professor at the George Washington University School of Business, USA; Walter J. Hickel Professor of Leadership at Alaska Pacific University, USA; and a serial entrepreneur.

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