Artificial Intelligence in Organization and Management Theory
Models of Distributed Activity
Published in July 1992
Book
Hardback
358 pages
978-0-444-89042-9 (ISBN)
Description
The papers collected in this book form an international overview of recent research into artificial intelligence (AI) in organization and management theory. AI is rapidly changing the face of both the modern organization and of organizational research. Conversely, modern organizations are increasingly serving as a paradigm for parallel computer hardware and software. Important topics presently emerging are: knowledge-based systems in organizations and for organization theory; co-ordination theory (using human organizations as paradigms for computer architecture and vice versa); connectionism (parallel distributed processes in organizations); logic, scripts and other formal languages for describing and understanding organizational behaviour; heuristic simulation for strategic management and organizational design; and machine learning versus organizational learning.
The papers collected in this book form an international overview of recent research into artificial intelligence (AI) in organization and management theory. AI is rapidly changing the face of both the modern organization and of organizational research. Conversely, modern organizations are increasingly serving as a paradigm for parallel computer hardware and software. Important topics presently emerging are: knowledge-based systems in organizations and for organization theory; co-ordination theory (using human organizations as paradigms for computer architecture and vice versa); connectionism (parallel distributed processes in organizations); logic, scripts and other formal languages for describing and understanding organizational behaviour; heuristic simulation for strategic management and organizational design; and machine learning versus organizational learning.
The papers collected in this book form an international overview of recent research into artificial intelligence (AI) in organization and management theory. AI is rapidly changing the face of both the modern organization and of organizational research. Conversely, modern organizations are increasingly serving as a paradigm for parallel computer hardware and software. Important topics presently emerging are: knowledge-based systems in organizations and for organization theory; co-ordination theory (using human organizations as paradigms for computer architecture and vice versa); connectionism (parallel distributed processes in organizations); logic, scripts and other formal languages for describing and understanding organizational behaviour; heuristic simulation for strategic management and organizational design; and machine learning versus organizational learning.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
references, index
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-444-89042-9 (9780444890429)
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Content
Introduction: Artificial Intelligence in Organization and Management Theory (M. Masuch). Analogies Between Human Organizations and Artificial Intelligence Systems: Two Examples and Some Reflections (T.W. Malone). Organization Theories as Grammar (H.W.M. Gazendam). Knowledge, Meta-knowledge and Explanation in Intelligent Organizational Models (R.W. Blanning). Plural-Soar: A Prolegomenon to Artificial Agents and Organizational Behaviour (K. Carley et al.). Bureaucracy and Subgovernments - A Simulation Model (J. Bendor, T.M. Moe). A Classifier Model of the Evolution of Organizational Structure: The Evolving Legislature (S. Taylor). When Can Two Heads Learn Better Than One? Results from a Computer Model of Organizational Learning (M.D. Cohen). Exit, Voice, and Learning: Adaptive Behaviour and Competition in a Hotelling World (M. Warglien). Modelling Co-ordination in Organizations (K. Crowston). The Value of Co-operation (B.A. Huberman). Organizational Consultant: Learning by Doing (H.H. Baligh, R.M. Burton, B. Obel). Animal Farm: An Intelligent Knowledge-Based Computer System (D.S. Bree et al.). Common Ground? The Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Organization and Management Theory (D.A. Gioia).