Weaving Complexity and Business
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Weaving Complexity and Business by Roger Lewin
Complexity offers a mental and practical framework to come to terms with today's profound changes in the business world. This work provies leaders with an understanding of the organizational dynamics of today's business environment.
Reviewed in Fincareer, 17 May, 2001 - Investment bankers on their next transatlantic flight could do well to stop by the airport bookshop and pick up a copy of Weaving Complexity and BusinessIts authors do a lot in just over 300 pages to explode the myth that mergers and acquisitions bring lasting benefits.
Roger Lewing is a prize-winning author and wrote the aclaimed 'Complexity: Life at the Edge of Chaos'; recipient of the inaugural Lewis Thomas Award for excellence in the communications of life sciences; and the 1992 Award for contribution to issues in conservation by the Society of Conservation Biology. Between 1990 and 1993, he was a visiting professor in biology at Wayne State University and an associate of the Peabody Museum, Havard University from 1993 to 1998. He speaks frequently around the world at conferences on complexity science and business. Birute Regine is a Harvard-educated developmental psychologist and therapist, who specialises in the dynamics and development of relationships. In 1996 and 1997, she was a visiting scholar at the Center for Research on Women, Wellesley College, Massachusetts, where she developed a narrative approach to organisational change. A prize-winning writer, she also speaks frequently at conferences on complexity science and business. In 1998, the authors founded Harvest Associates, a business consultancy that brings the principles of complexity science and the insights developed in this book to companies struggling with transformation and change. They work with leading multinational firms.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781587990434 |
| ISBN 10 | 1587990431 |
| Title | Weaving Complexity and Business |
| Author | Roger Lewin |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cengage Learning, Inc |
| Year published | 2001-05-07 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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