Complexity and Management

by Ralph D. Stacey

Complexity theory is generating increasing interest amongst strategic thinkers. This fascinating book covers issues such as predictability, creativity and relationships as it considers how complexity, and its central principles of emergence and self-organization, are being used to understand organizations. The book: Timely and controversial, Complexity and Management is essential reading for anyone interested in strategy, systems thinking, organization and management theory, and organizational change.

240 pages, Paperback

First published September 28, 2000

Reviews

[Zhenia Vasiliev]

Useful as a summary of various approaches to organisational thinking, and also well narrated - will definitely read again.