Organisation and Complexity by Jacco Van Uden

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Organisation and Complexity by Jacco Van Uden

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Organisation and Complexity by Jacco Van Uden

Students of organisation have used complexity theory in many different ways and for many different reasons. What characterises the writings of most 'management thinkers', however, is that the authors are primarily concerned with the question of how to make this complexity thing work for us? This study takes a rather different approach. Ideas and concepts of the science of complexity are borrowed to develop the idea that organisations live lives of their own - an idea that is very much at odds with the dominant view that understands organisations as tools that we use to realise certain goals. To illustrate matters, the book discusses the developments of the organisation of Vitesse, a mediocre Dutch professional football club that according to its president needed to be transformed into a major player in the family entertainment industry.

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ISBN 13 9781581122220
ISBN 10 1581122225
Title Organisation and Complexity
Author Jacco Van Uden
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Dissertation.com
Year published 2004-05-15
Number of pages 160
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.