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This text seeks to demonstrate what leadership means in an environment where complete control is not possible. Explaining what self-organization means in human systems, it provides a model of the learning organization that takes into account the real-life anxieties that are involved.

combining Insights From The New Science Of Complexity With Insights From Psychoanalysis, Stacey Posits That Repressing The Anxiety Caused By The Unstable, Ever-changing Nature Of Today's Business World Also Represses The Creative Impulses - The Spaces For Novelty - That Allow Members Of A Workforce To Produce Their Best Work. Using The Science Of Complexity As A Starting Point, He Pulls Together Many Insights Into Behavior And Organizational Functioning That Currently Lie At The Edges Of Research And Practice. This Book Invites People To Explore What The New Science Might Mean For Understanding Life In Organizations, And Shows How It Can Be Used As A Framework For Understanding The Processes That Produce Emergence Rather Than Intentional Strategies. Stacey Presents An Entirely New Perspective On What It Means For An Organization To Learn.

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combines Insights From The Fields Of Complexity, Organizational Behavior, And Psychoanalysis, And Shows How Complexity Concepts Can Be Used As A Framework For Understanding Organizational Processes And Organizational Learning. Reviews Current Knowledge In The Nature Of Human Networks And Complexity Theory, Explores The Place Of Creativity In Individuals, Groups, And Organizations, And Discusses The Implications Of The Complexity Paradigm For Management Research And Practice. Includes A Glossary. Annotation C. Book News, Inc., Portland, Or (booknews.com)

Traditional organizational theory mandates that organizations predict and stay in control in order to avoid chaos. This book proposes that members of organizations work at developing a new frame of reference for understanding organizational life. The book combines insights from the new science of complexity with insights from psychoanalysis and argues that repressing the anxiety caused by the unstable, ever-changing nature of today's business world also represses the creative impulses--the "spaces for novelty"--that allow members of a work force to produce their best work. Using the science of complexity as a starting point, the book studies the fundamental properties of nonlinear-feedback networks, particularly those of complex, adaptive networks. Part 1 describes how an organization is a complex adaptive system, and part 2 explores the science of complexity and its principle insights. The third part shows how the principles of complexity science can be applied to the world of human systems. The implications of the new frame of reference for management research and practice are examined in part 4. Six conceptual maps and 20 figures are included. (Contains 152 references.) (LMI) Organizations are adaptive structures that respond creatively to changing circumstances. This responsive evolution takes place on an official, surface level, and also on a deeper, personal level composed of interactions between people. So says Ralph D. Stacey, who combines insights from psychoanalysis, behavioral research, the new science of complexity and other disciplines to suggest ways for your organization to become better at learning and adapting. While the basic concepts of complexity theory presented in this book are steadily gaining popularity, the actual complexity of the book's content might make it difficult for non-experts to follow. Although the book's tight organization keeps chaos at bay, some of the language might leave you at "the edge of disintegration." Nevertheless, getabstract strongly recommends this book to executives and managers looking to build a theoretical foundation for their organizational approach, in addition to the many academics who will appreciate its systematic explanation of the organizational consequences of systems thinking