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Available
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Publication
Houton, Tex : Gulf Publishing
ISBN
0884154270 / 9780884154273
Description
This book explains how change is a functional characteristic of any organization. And, as organizations begin to understand the nature of change, they can still adapt and grow by incorporating change into their structure instead of trying to control it. To help you understand and grow in this ever-changing environment, this book covers four principal areas of thought on change. Chaos, including chaos theory Organizational theory and practice Learning theory and practice The general social environment Executives, managers, and other organizational leaders will find this book invaluable as they refocus the direction of their organizations in order to realize the benefits of learning under changed environmental circumstances.
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CONTENTS:
The World Unleashed --; First Observations --; Learners Are Not Prepared --; The Learning Organization --; Methods for Learning Support --; A Drive-Through System --; The Lunchtime Burger Break --; The Increasing Value of Change --; Turning and Churning: Organizational Change --; An Organizational Change Continuum --; Nuclear Organizational Systems --; Open Organizational System --; Virtual Organizational Systems --; Change in Action --; The Reputation of Organizational Change --; Predictability, Consistency, and Reliability --; The Snake in the Garden --; Maintaining the Garden --; Introducing the Snake --; Snake Charmers --; Complexity and Chaos --; Classical Chaos --; What Is Chaos? --; The Mythology of Chaos --; Classical Chaos and Cosmology --; Classical Chaos and Early Science --; Classical Chaos and the Collective Unconscious --; Classical Chaos and Organizational Systems --; Technical Chaos --; Significant Influences on NDS --; Influences from Physics --; Influence of Mathematics --; Influence from a Community of Learning --; Influences from Biology --; Definitions --; Nonlinear Dynamical Systems --; Chaos Theory --; Other Characteristics of Chaos --; Phase Space --; Bifurcation --; Attractors --; Fractals --; Complex Adaptive Systems --; Juxtaposition of Classical and Technical Chaos --; Extended Applications --; Social Sciences --; Psychology --; Nonlinear Dynamical Organizational Systems --; Organizational Chaos --; Networks and Creativity --; Leadership and Human Behavior --; Management --; Self-organization in Systems --; A Loop Toward Reality.
The World Unleashed --; First Observations --; Learners Are Not Prepared --; The Learning Organization --; Methods for Learning Support --; A Drive-Through System --; The Lunchtime Burger Break --; The Increasing Value of Change --; Turning and Churning: Organizational Change --; An Organizational Change Continuum --; Nuclear Organizational Systems --; Open Organizational System --; Virtual Organizational Systems --; Change in Action --; The Reputation of Organizational Change --; Predictability, Consistency, and Reliability --; The Snake in the Garden --; Maintaining the Garden --; Introducing the Snake --; Snake Charmers --; Complexity and Chaos --; Classical Chaos --; What Is Chaos? --; The Mythology of Chaos --; Classical Chaos and Cosmology --; Classical Chaos and Early Science --; Classical Chaos and the Collective Unconscious --; Classical Chaos and Organizational Systems --; Technical Chaos --; Significant Influences on NDS --; Influences from Physics --; Influence of Mathematics --; Influence from a Community of Learning --; Influences from Biology --; Definitions --; Nonlinear Dynamical Systems --; Chaos Theory --; Other Characteristics of Chaos --; Phase Space --; Bifurcation --; Attractors --; Fractals --; Complex Adaptive Systems --; Juxtaposition of Classical and Technical Chaos --; Extended Applications --; Social Sciences --; Psychology --; Nonlinear Dynamical Organizational Systems --; Organizational Chaos --; Networks and Creativity --; Leadership and Human Behavior --; Management --; Self-organization in Systems --; A Loop Toward Reality.