Dynamics of organizations : computational modeling and organization theories

Author(s)

• Lomi, Alessandro
• Larsen, Erik R.

Bibliographic Information

Dynamics of organizations : computational modeling and organization theories

edited by Alessandro Lomi and Erik R. Larsen

AAAI Press / The MIT Press, c2001

Note

Includes bibliographical reference(p.[445]-479) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

An introduction to the use of computer simulation in studying organizational behavior. An organization is more than the sum of its parts, and the individual components that function as a complex social system can be understood only by analyzing their collective behavior. This book shows how state-of-the-art simulation methods, including genetic algorithms, neural networks, and cellular automata, can be brought to bear on central problems of organizational theory related to the emergence, permanence, and dissolution of hierarchical macrostructures. The emphasis is on the application of a new generation of equation- and agent-based computational models that can help students of organizations to reformulate their basic research questions starting from assumptions about how to link-rather than separate-different levels of organizational analysis.

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Details

• NCID: BA5373323X
• ISBN:
  • 0262621525
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Menlo Park, Calif.
• Pages/Volumes: xx, 502 p.
• Size: 23 cm