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The edge of organization : chaos and complexity theories of formal social systems
- Title
- The edge of organization : chaos and complexity theories of formal social systems / Russ Marion.
- Author
- Marion, Russ.
- Publication
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©1999.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | HM131 .M3355 1999 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xv, 357 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "The Edge of Organization offers a readable, comprehensive, and integrated overview of the new sciences of chaos and complexity. Author Russ Marion describes formal and social organizations from the perspective of chaos and complexity theories. His multidisciplinary approach will appeal to students and scholars across a wide range of social sciences. This book is generously illustrated and includes comprehensive references plus an annotated bibliography of useful books and articles.
- The Edge of Organization will appeal to students and professionals in sociology, management/ organization studies, management studies, marketing, political science, public administration, and psychology."--Pub. desc.
- Subject
- Social systems
- Complex organizations
- Chaotic behavior in systems
- Complexity (Philosophy)
- Chaotic behavior in systems
- Complex organizations
- Social systems
- Chaostheorie
- Komplexität
- Organisation
- Philosophie
- Soziales System
- Chaotisches System
- Organisationstheorie
- Organisatie
- Organisaties
- Chaos
- Niet-lineaire modellen
- Complexiteit
- Organisations complexes
- Chaos (théorie des systèmes)
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-342) and indexes.
- Contents
- 1. The Edge of Organization. Einstein's Island. A Brief Overview of Chaos and Complexity. Implications -- 2. Chaos and Organization. The Blind Scientists. An Alternative Explanation of Complex Behavior: Chaos Theory -- 3. Organization at the Edge. Complexity and Chaos -- 4. Shifting Historical Premises to the Edge of Chaos. God of the Gaps. Pervasive Problems: Order, Randomness, and Causality. The First of Newton's Legacies: Social Physics. Kant and Teleology. Darwin, Spencer, Social Darwinism. Structural Functionalism and Homeostasis. Nonlinear History -- 5. A Nonlinear Redaction of Open Systems. Holistic Systems. Systems and Environment: Interaction and Energy Transfer. Feedback. Living Social Systems. A Model of Complex Systems.
- ISBN
- 0761912657
- 9780761912651
- 0761912665
- 9780761912668
- LCCN
- 98040063
- OCLC
- ocm39699960
- 39699960
- SCSB-8790973
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library