Managing complexity in organizations : text and cases

Author(s)

• Nedopil, Christoph
• Steger, Ulrich
• Amann, Wolfgang

Bibliographic Information

Managing complexity in organizations : text and cases

Christoph Nedopil, Ulrich Steger and Wolfgang Amann

Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-381) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

Table of Contents

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.

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Details

• NCID: BB05120474
• ISBN:
  • 9780230252912
• LCCN: 2011004152
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Basingstoke
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 385 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HD31
  • DC22 : 658
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Management
  • LCSH : Organizational change
  • LCSH : Strategic planning
  • LCSH : Management -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Organizational change -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Strategic planning -- Case studies