Stephen J Guastello: 2 books
Managing Emergent Phenomena
Nonlinear Dynamics in Work Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2001
Chaos, catastrophe, self-organization, and complexity theories (nonlinear dynamics) now have practical and measurable roles in the functioning of work organizations. Managing Emergent Phenomena begins by describing how the concept of an organization has changed from a bureaucracy, to a humanistic...
Chaos, Catastrophe, and Human Affairs
Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics To Work, Organizations, and Social Evolution
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Whether talking about steering a wheelbarrow over rugged terrain or plotting the course of international relations, human performance systems involve change. Sometimes changes are subtle or evolutionary, sometimes they are catastrophic or revolutionary, and sometimes the changes are from periods of...