The edge of organization : chaos and complexity theories of formal social systems / Russ Marion.
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TextPublication details: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©1999.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 357 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
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- Social systems
- Complex organizations
- Chaotic behavior in systems
- Complexity (Philosophy)
- Systèmes sociaux
- Organisations complexes
- Chaos
- Complexité (Philosophie)
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- Chaotic behavior in systems
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- Complexity (Philosophy)
- Social systems
- Soziales System
- Chaotisches System
- Organisationstheorie
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- Niet-lineaire modellen
- Complexiteit
- Organisations complexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-342) and indexes.
1. The Edge of Organization. Einstein's Island. A Brief Overview of Chaos and Complexity. Implications -- 2. Chaos and Organization. The Blind Scientists. An Alternative Explanation of Complex Behavior: Chaos Theory -- 3. Organization at the Edge. Complexity and Chaos -- 4. Shifting Historical Premises to the Edge of Chaos. God of the Gaps. Pervasive Problems: Order, Randomness, and Causality. The First of Newton's Legacies: Social Physics. Kant and Teleology. Darwin, Spencer, Social Darwinism. Structural Functionalism and Homeostasis. Nonlinear History -- 5. A Nonlinear Redaction of Open Systems. Holistic Systems. Systems and Environment: Interaction and Energy Transfer. Feedback. Living Social Systems. A Model of Complex Systems.
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Russ Marion discusses formal and social organizations from the perspectives of chaos and complexity theories. The book aims to offer a comprehensive overview of the new sciences of chaos and complexity.
English.
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