Organizations as complex systems : an introduction to knowledge cybernetics

Author(s)

• Yolles, Maurice

Bibliographic Information

Organizations as complex systems : an introduction to knowledge cybernetics

written by Maurice Yolles

（Managing the complex / series editors, Kurt A. Richardson & Michael R. Lissack, v. 2）

Information Age, c2006

• : hardcover

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 817-849) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface, Introduction. PART 1: THE FUNDAMENTALS. Chapter 1. Social Communities as Complex Systems. Chapter 2. Philosophic Perspectives and the Autonomous Holon. Chapter 3. Organizations in a Complex World. Chapter 4. Information, Data, Knowledge and Methodology. PART II: COMPLEX ORGANIZATIONS. Chapter 5. Intelligence and Decision Making. Chapter 6. A Theory of the Organization. PART III: THE CYBERNETICS OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT. Chapter 7. Knowledge Management. Chapter 8. Organizational Learning. Chapter 9. Knowledge Intensification. PART IV: THE CYBERNETICS OF COMMUNICATIONS. Chapter 10. Semantic Communications. Chapter 11. Communication Structures and Processes. Chapter 12. Sustaining Communications Structures and Processes. PART V: MANIFESTING BEHAVIOR. Chapter 13. The Political Dimension of Organizations. Chapter 14. Ideology and Ethics. Chapter 15. Boundaries, Issues, Agents and Boundary Critique. Chapter 16. Exploring Social Behavior. References. Index.

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Details

• NCID: BA87012159
• ISBN:
  • 9781593114336
• LCCN: 2006018221
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Greenwich, Conn.
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 866 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HD58.7
  • DC22 : 658.4/038
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Organizational behavior
  • LCSH : Social systems
  • LCSH : Knowledge management
  • LCSH : Communication in organizations
  • LCSH : Cybernetics
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA73927228