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- catalog abstract ""Open Boundaries introduces a practical vocabulary to help managers understand, analyze, and nurture the creative process by eschewing linear "cause-and-effect" approaches to decision making in favor of an approach that thrives on ambiguity and unpredictability. Showcasing the pioneering efforts of such organizations as Xerox-PARC, Applied Biosystems, Patagonia, and the United States Marine Corps, the authors vividly illustrate the power of complexity thinking in action - from creating new markets to establishing new ways of spreading emerging knowledge throughout the company."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b11037721.
- catalog contributor b11037722.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description ""Open Boundaries introduces a practical vocabulary to help managers understand, analyze, and nurture the creative process by eschewing linear "cause-and-effect" approaches to decision making in favor of an approach that thrives on ambiguity and unpredictability. Showcasing the pioneering efforts of such organizations as Xerox-PARC, Applied Biosystems, Patagonia, and the United States Marine Corps, the authors vividly illustrate the power of complexity thinking in action - from creating new markets to establishing new ways of spreading emerging knowledge throughout the company."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-219) and index.".
- catalog description "The myth of the closed system -- A new way of thinking -- Principles, models, rules, and behaviors -- Demystifying complexity -- Language, narrative, and metaphor -- Real-world applications for coevolving metaphors -- Ideas are the geometrics of behaviors -- The franchise model : purpose in action -- Apprehending the future.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 232 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Open boundaries.".
- catalog identifier "0738200050".
- catalog isFormatOf "Open boundaries.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Reading, Mass. : Perseus Books,".
- catalog relation "Open boundaries.".
- catalog subject "Complex organizations.".
- catalog subject "Complexity (Philosophy)".
- catalog subject "Creative ability in business.".
- catalog subject "HD58.82 .S547 1998".
- catalog subject "Management.".
- catalog subject "Organizational change.".
- catalog subject "Organizational learning.".
- catalog subject "Technological innovations Management.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The myth of the closed system -- A new way of thinking -- Principles, models, rules, and behaviors -- Demystifying complexity -- Language, narrative, and metaphor -- Real-world applications for coevolving metaphors -- Ideas are the geometrics of behaviors -- The franchise model : purpose in action -- Apprehending the future.".
- catalog title "Open boundaries : creating business innovation through complexity / Howard Sherman and Ron Schultz.".
- catalog type "text".