Managing Complexity in Organizations
Text and Cases
Published on 16. September 2017
368 pages
978-1-137-28570-6 (ISBN)
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Combining rigorous academic research with the latest practical tools and techniques, this book explores the growing area of complextity management in business. Through a range of high quality international cases leading authors help students to understand how to manage organizations in unpredictable and complex business environments.
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CHRISTOPH NEDOPIL is Managing Director of YOUSE, an innovation consultancy in Berlin, Germany, and Consultant for the World Bank.
ULRICH STEGER is Professor of Environmental Management at IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland.
WOLFGANG AMANN is the Director of Executive Education at the Goethe Business School, Frankfurt, Germany. He also teaches at both St. Gallan and IMD in Switzerland. He was previously Professor of Strategy and International Business at Henley Management College, UK.
ULRICH STEGER is Professor of Environmental Management at IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland.
WOLFGANG AMANN is the Director of Executive Education at the Goethe Business School, Frankfurt, Germany. He also teaches at both St. Gallan and IMD in Switzerland. He was previously Professor of Strategy and International Business at Henley Management College, UK.
Content
PART ONE.- Ockham's Complexity Razor - Managing Complexity in Organisations.- PART TWO.- Business Models and Strategy.- Complexity Drivers in Sustainable Strategies.- Complexity in Global Business Strategies.- Managing Risk.- Partnerships and Alliances.- PART THREE.- Complexity and the Organization.- Corporate Governance.- Subsidiary Management.- Project Management.- PART FOUR.- Marketing.- Supply Chain Management The Backbone of Complex, Global Acting Organizations.- Management of IT and Technology.- Human Resources Management.- Innovation Management.- PART FIVE.- Leadership, despite Complexity.- Complexity and Stakeholders.- Complexity in a Crisis.- PART SIX.- Managerial Implications.
