Managing Organizational Complexity: Philosophy, Theory and Application Book

	Series introduction
	Volume introduction
	Section introduction : why philosophy?	3
1	Knowing complex systems	7
2	"To be or not to be? : that is [NOT] the question" : complexity theory and the need for critical thinking	21
3	How can we think complex?	47
4	Emergence, creative process, and self-transcending constructions	63
5	Causality in organized complexity : the role of management	79
6	Advancing complexity theory into the human domain	93
	Section introduction : pluralism in management science	109
7	From excellence to emergence : the evolution of management thinking and the influence of complexity	115
8	Unresolved issues in process-centric business analysis : a cathartic role for complexity	133
9	The use of bytes to analyze complex organizations	151
10	Chaos-based principles of forecasting	167
11	Predicting the human weather : how differentiation and contextual complexity affect behavior prediction	183
12	Dealing with complexity in organizational control processes : drawing lessons for the human brain	201
13	Theory of integral complex organization	217
14	Self-reproduction of the enterprise : Von Neumann's model applied	237
15	The observation, inquiry, and measurement challenges surfaced by complexity theory	253
16	An intersubjective measure of organizational complexity : a new approach	269
17	Imaging complex partnerships	301
18	The improvised-orchestration model of organizational evolution	313
19	Storytelling and the complex epistemology of organizations	331
20	Ancient insights into the modern organization	345
21	Machines or gardens ... or both?	361
22	A complexity-based scrutiny of learning from organizational crises	373
	Section introduction : applying complexity thinking	391
23	The implications of complexity for business process and strategy	397
24	Agent-based models to manage the complex	419
25	The coherent management of complex project and the potential role of group decision support systems	433
26	The complexity of complex systems conferences : reflexivity and walking the talk	459
27	Parameters for sustained orderly growth in learning organizations	473
28	Complexity and spatiality : regions, networks and fluids in sustainable water management	493
29	Encouraging strategic change by using complexity-based principles : a case study of the Open University, UK	505
30	Provoking chaordic change in a Dutch manufacturing firm	521
	Postscript	557