LEADER 05029nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910449882303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-87699-2 010 $a9786611876999 010 $a981-256-543-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000033247 035 $a(EBL)238319 035 $a(OCoLC)475947702 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000148139 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11144798 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000148139 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10018812 035 $a(PQKB)10882860 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC238319 035 $a(WSP)00005365 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL238319 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10088356 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL187699 035 $a(OCoLC)61398035 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000033247 100 $a20030826d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe entropy vector$b[electronic resource] $econnecting science and business /$fRobert D. Handscombe, Eann A. Patterson 210 $aSingapore ;$aRiver Edge, NJ $cWorld Scientific$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (198 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a981-238-571-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Disorderly Signposts business success socially responsible capitalism leadership and change excitement of entropy signposts to chapters; 2 Planck's Inspiration: Nature, Philosophy and Business Ockham's razor Mother Nature an engineering excuse for inefficiency free energy? the way you like it and for nothing; Ockham, Planck and Mother Nature; Entropy, engines and cycles; The degradation of energy; Interim report; Notes and quotes 327 $a3 Life, the Universe and Entropy vectors, pool tables and Isaac Newton forces for change inflation and pollution physics and information Isobel's message Maxwell's demonInflation, disorder and pollution; Entropy and physics; Probability and information; Isobel's message; Maxwell's demon; And so to conclude ...; Notes and quotes; 4 The Entropy Vector uniting entropy and vector sailing boats Boltzmann index lost in Bilbao and queuing in Detroit taking control by letting go; Going against the flow?; Boltzmann vs. Clausius; Lost in Bilbao, queuing in Detroit 327 $aTaking control by letting goSummary; Notes and quotes; 5 Energy and Entropy scattering the seed organic companies exergy conservation energy management; Law and disorder; Scattering the seed; A matrix analysis; Organic companies; Indeterminateness and degradation; The two products of the economic process; Green design; Notes and quotes; 6 Time and Entropy who created God? entropy as the arrow of time time management bored in transit information flows optimised production; Arrows of time; Time running backwards?; Bored in transit; Information and knowledge; The march of time 327 $aNo more timeNotes and quotes; 7 Managing Disorder good management techniques teams and training flat-lining control freaks pantomimes and orchestras change and risk; People are not atoms; Potential = Collaboration + Training; Managing the entropy vector; Management types; Fit for the purpose; Education, efficiency and economies; Change and risk; Summary; Notes and quotes; 8 Creativity and Innovation what is creativity? what is innovation? harnessing them in business technology trajectories woolliness, bananas and knots entropy and technopy; Three approaches to creativity 327 $aInnovative footstepsWoolly and creative thinkers; Creating creativity; Technopy; Coffee and a matrix; Notes and quotes; 9 Risk and Entropy ontRe-pRenur winning the risk game boundaries and vision sins of omission/commission elephants, rabbits, barbecues and the cost of grass; ontRe-pRenur; Winning at the risk game; Parable of the talents; Elephants and rabbits; Drawing boundaries and vision; Coping with failure; The risk vector?; Notes and quotes 327 $a10 Mental Entropy education and training memory and analysis efficiency, effectiveness and distinctiveness diversity of skill and attitude employee and team skills science and measurement 330 $aHow do managers and entrepreneurs evaluate risk, encourage creativityor manage change? Might a better grasp of science help? The authorsof this book suggest that there is real value in trying to connectscience to business and that science is far too important just to beleft to the scientists 606 $aEntropy (Information theory) 606 $aScience 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEntropy (Information theory) 615 0$aScience. 676 $a500 700 $aHandscombe$b Robert D$0861685 701 $aPatterson$b Eann A$0861686 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910449882303321 996 $aThe entropy vector$91922804 997 $aUNINA