Entreplexity® = Entrepreneurship + Complexity

Foreword; Biography of Gene Luczkiw; Introduction; The Meaning of Enterprise: The Teachers' Perspectives; A Practice in Search of my own Theory; Why a need Exists for a new Theory; Complexity Theory: A Convergent Paradigm; The Meaning of Self-Organization; A Shared Understanding of the Meaning of Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurs and Enterprising People; Rationale for Teaching and Learning About Enterprise; The Bachelor of Education Program in Enterprise Education; Enterprise Studies Curriculum; Enterprise Education and Teaching Curriculum; Journey into Enterprise Curriculum; Killing the Goose that laid Golden eggs: Cancellation of the Program; Enterprise Education Survey and Results; Conclusion; Editor's Postscript; References for Section Two; Overview; The Myth of Pleiades - Asterope's Journey; Possibilities: The new Network Economy; Increasing Returns and Lock-in; Information-Based Technology; Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship; Product life Cycles; Characteristics of the new Network Economy; What are the Strategies?; The Twelve Themes of the new Economy; People: Transcending Evolution's Purpose; Understanding the Workings of our Brain/Mind; How the Brain Works; The Triune Brain; The Holographic Brain; Systems Thinking: Connecting our "Self" with the External Environment; Human Beings as Living Systems; Ecosystems: Connecting Everyone and Everything in Today's Global Village; Passion: Developing Consciousness and Creativity; Through the Looking Glass: The Paradox of Consciousness; Consciousness vs. Intelligence; Emergence of Consciousness; The Study of Consciousness; What It Means to be Conscious; Developing your Consciousness; The Self; The Outcomes of the Flow Experience; Self-Determination; The will to Meaning; The Meaning of life; The Journey Begins; Performance: The Entrepreneurial Process; Effective Strategies for Enterprise Creation and Development: The Enterprise Diamond; The Person; The Idea; The Opportunity; The Resources; Stages of Growth; Business Development Activities: The Start-Up Or Foundation Stage; The Development Stage; The Maturity Stage; Case Study: The Apple Computer Story; The Entrepreneurial Metaphor; Entrepreneurship; Why Study Entrepreneurs?; What do we mean by Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation?; What is an Entrepreneur?; Entrepreneurial Traits & Motivation; Myths About Entrepreneurs; Structuring an Entrepreneurial Organization; Progress: Changing the Paradigm with Entreplexity®; The Science of Complexity; Characteristics of Complex Adaptive Systems; How Complex Adaptive Systems work; Findings: (1992 - 1995); Entreplexity®: A Synthesis of Complexity Sciences; Entrepreneurs and Jamming Jazz Bands; Putting the Principles of Complexity into Action; The Person as a Conscious, Complex and Adaptive System; What are the Lessons we can Learn from this Experience?; What does the Leader need to do?; What Should the Organization's Structure look like?; So what is the Alternative?; The Jamming Jazz Band: A Metaphor for Creating Organizations with a Consciousness; Theory into Practice Exercise: Strategies for Creating Enterprises on the Edge; Creating a Compelling Vision of the Future; Core Beliefs and Values; Personal Beliefs and Values; Personal Beliefs and Values Exercise; Purpose; The Organizational Purpose; How can you Discover your Organization's Purpose?; Mission; How to Create a Mission Statement that Works; Four Types of Mission; Putting it Together; Preparing the Vision; The Visioning Process; Engineering a Vision; Factors that Contribute to Achievement of a Compelling Vision; Creating your Future: The Enterprise Diamond Exercise; Person (People); Idea; Opportunity; Resources; Conclusions; Leveraging Learning into Success; Passion, Excitement and the new Economy; Continuing our Quest for Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Memorable Meeting; The Motivator; Embedded Enterprise Education; Remembering Gene Luczkiw.