| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 357 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-342) and indexes. |
| Contents |
1. Edge of Organization. Einstein's Island. A Brief Overview of Chaos and Complexity. Implications -- 2. Chaos and Organization. Blind Scientists. An Alternative Explanation of Complex Behavior: Chaos Theory -- 3. Organization at the Edge. Complexity and Chaos -- 4. Shifting Historical Premises to the Edge of Chaos. God of the Gaps. Pervasive Problems: Order, Randomness, and Causality. First of Newton's Legacies: Social Physics. Kant and Teleology. Darwin, Spencer, Social Darwinism. Structural Functionalism and Homeostasis. Nonlinear History -- 5. A Nonlinear Redaction of Open Systems. Holistic Systems. Systems and Environment: Interaction and Energy Transfer. Feedback. Living Social Systems. A Model of Complex Systems. |
| Summary |
Russ Marion discusses formal and social organizations from the perspectives of chaos and complexity theories. The book aims to offer a comprehensive overview of the new sciences of chaos and complexity. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Social systems.
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Social systems. |
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Complex organizations.
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Complex organizations. |
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Chaotic behavior in systems.
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Chaotic behavior in systems. |
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Complexity (Philosophy)
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Complexity (Philosophy) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Chaos (théorie des systèmes)
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Complexiteit.
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Niet-lineaire modellen.
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Organisatie.
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Organisaties.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Marion, Russ. Edge of organization. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©1999 0761912657 (DLC) 98040063 (OCoLC)39699960 |
| ISBN |
9781452263762 (electronic book) |
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1452263760 (electronic book) |
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9781452234052 (ebook) |
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1452234051 (ebook) |
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0761912657 |
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9780761912651 |
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0761912665 |
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9780761912668 |
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