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- catalog abstract ""Recent advances in the study of complexity have given scientists profound new insights into how natural innovation occurs and how its power can be exploited. Now two pioneers in the field, Robert Axelrod and Michael D. Cohen, provide leaders in business and government with a guide to complexity that will help them make effective decisions in a world of rapid change." "Building on evolutionary biology, computer science, and social design, Axelrod and Cohen have constructed a unique framework for improving the way people work together. Their approach to management is based on the concept of the Complex Adaptive System, which can describe everything from rain forests to the human gene pool, and from automated software agents to multinational companies. The authors' framework reveals three qualities that all kinds of managers must cultivate in their organization."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11639248.
- catalog contributor b11639249.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""Recent advances in the study of complexity have given scientists profound new insights into how natural innovation occurs and how its power can be exploited. Now two pioneers in the field, Robert Axelrod and Michael D. Cohen, provide leaders in business and government with a guide to complexity that will help them make effective decisions in a world of rapid change." "Building on evolutionary biology, computer science, and social design, Axelrod and Cohen have constructed a unique framework for improving the way people work together. Their approach to management is based on the concept of the Complex Adaptive System, which can describe everything from rain forests to the human gene pool, and from automated software agents to multinational companies. The authors' framework reveals three qualities that all kinds of managers must cultivate in their organization."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "I. Introduction -- II. Variation -- The Role of Variation -- Altering the Frequency of Types -- Extinction -- The Vanishing of Types -- III. Interaction -- The Importance of Interaction -- How Interaction Works -- External Methods of Changing Interaction Patterns -- Internal Methods of Changing Interaction Patterns -- IV. Selection -- Defining Criteria of Success -- Determining the Level of Selection -- Attributing Credit for Success and Failure -- Creating New Agents or Strategies -- Exercising Visible Leadership -- V. Conclusion.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-171) and index.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 184 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0684867176".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Free Press,".
- catalog subject "302.3/5 21".
- catalog subject "Complex organizations.".
- catalog subject "HD58.8 .A94 1999".
- catalog subject "System analysis.".
- catalog tableOfContents "I. Introduction -- II. Variation -- The Role of Variation -- Altering the Frequency of Types -- Extinction -- The Vanishing of Types -- III. Interaction -- The Importance of Interaction -- How Interaction Works -- External Methods of Changing Interaction Patterns -- Internal Methods of Changing Interaction Patterns -- IV. Selection -- Defining Criteria of Success -- Determining the Level of Selection -- Attributing Credit for Success and Failure -- Creating New Agents or Strategies -- Exercising Visible Leadership -- V. Conclusion.".
- catalog title "Harnessing complexity : organizational implications of a scientific frontier / Robert Axelrod and Michael D. Cohen.".
- catalog type "text".