Coherence in the Midst of Complexity
Advances in Social Complexity Theory
Published on 15. December 2011
Book
Hardback
X, 297 pages
978-0-230-33850-0 (ISBN)
Description
A discussion on the social complexity approach, where dialogue and stories allow for the degrees of freedom needed for the opportunities of emergence to take root. The authors focus on the experience of coherence and how such experiential lessons differ from the establishment and maintenance of categories and labels.
Reviews / Votes
"Every manager should read this book and take it to heart." Ian I. Mitroff, Professor Emeritus at the Marshall School of Business and the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California.
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Edition
2011 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paper over boards
Illustrations
26 s/w Abbildungen
X, 297 p. 26 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-33850-0 (9780230338500)
DOI
10.1057/9781137001801
Schweitzer Classification
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Persons
Author Michael Lissack: Michael Lissack is Executive Director and ISCE Professor of Meaning in Organizations at the Institute for the Study of Coherence and Emergence (ISCE), USA; Visiting Research Professor at the George Washington University School of Business, USA; Walter J. Hickel Professor of Leadership at Alaska Pacific University, USA; and a serial entrepreneur.
Content
Introduction Miracles and Nasty Surprises The Failure of Models & Labels; the Success of Experience & Emergence Two Kinds of Coherence - Ascribed and Emergent Models, Homologies & Simulacra The Ascribed Coherence of Thagard and Weick Coherence and Business Success Emergence, Coherence & Narrative Affordances and Organization Homology: Sense-Making Revisited But Experience is Different Complexity Tools: the Semiotic Square & Homology Steps to Implementation