Managing Complexity in Social Systems Leverage Points for Policy and Strategy /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Mandl, Christoph E. (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Management for Professionals,
• Θέματα: Leadership.; Public administration.; Economic policy.; Political science.; Sociophysics.; Econophysics.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Business Strategy/Leadership.; Public Administration.; Economic Policy.; Political Science.; Data-driven Science, Modeling and Theory Building.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.

Why do policies and strategies often fail, and what can be done about it? How can complexity be managed in cases where it cannot be reduced? The answers to these questions are anything but trivial, and can only be found by combining insights from complexity science, system dynamics, system theory an...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Prelude: Scientific Journey into a Strange Paradigm
• Part I From Logic to Circular Causality
• Chapter 1 Perceiving Events, Patterns, and Structure
• Chapter 2 Homeostasis, Complexity, Emergence and Purposeful Behavior
• Chapter 3 Decision and Forecast: The Cassandra Paradox
• Part II Describing and Understanding Dynamics of Social Systems
• Chapter 4 Language, Syntax and Semantics for Describing Dynamics of Systems
• Confusing Stocks with Flows: The Carbon Credit Fallacy
• Chapter 6 Leverage Points as Technology to Change Problematic Dynamics
• Chapter 7 Sensitivity and Uncertainty: Locust Plagues and Price Dynamics of Commodities
• Chapter 8 Generic Structures, Systems Archetypes and Theories
• Part III Managing Intra-Organizational Phenomena
• Chapter 9 Shifting the Burden: When Organizations Become Addicted
• Chapter 10 Accidental Adversaries: The Enigma of Sustained Cooperation
• Chapter 11 Adaptation: Drifting Goals, Invisible Hand and Breastfeeding
• Chapter 12 Limits to Growth: Network Effect and Attractiveness Principle
• Chapter 13 Growth and Underinvestment: Aligning Performance and Resources
• Part IV Managing Trans-Organizational Phenomena
• Chapter 14 Policy Resistance: Rebound Effect and Other Paradoxes
• Chapter 15 Escalation: The Strength of Fear
• Chapter 16 Diffusion of Innovations: The Much Sought After Tipping Point
• Chapter 17 Market for Lemons: When Dishonesty Prevails
• Chapter 18 The Commons: A Tragedy?
• Chapter 19 Path Dependence: Segregation, Increasing Returns, Success to the Successful
• Coda: Managing Complexity - The Sense of Possibility.