LEADER 04021nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910451083403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-83749-7 010 $a9786610837496 010 $a1-86094-733-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000336358 035 $a(EBL)296091 035 $a(OCoLC)476063302 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000127305 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11141467 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000127305 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10074177 035 $a(PQKB)10346566 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC296091 035 $a(WSP)0000P329 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL296091 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10174008 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL83749 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000336358 100 $a20041020d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aComplexity theory and the management of networks$b[electronic resource] $eproceedings of the Workshop on Organisational Networks as Distributed Systems of Knowledge, University of Lecce, Italy 2001 /$feditors, Pierpaolo Andriani, Giuseppina Passiante 210 $aLondon $cImperial College Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (191 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-86094-460-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCONTENTS; Notes on the Contributors; Preface; Structure of the Book; Guide to Reading; Introduction; Complexity Theory and the Management of Networks Pierpaolo Andriani and Giuseppina Passiante; Part 1: Complexity Theory; A Framework for Understanding Complex Systems Paul Cilliers; BizSim: The World of Business - In a Box John L. Casti; Part 2: Management and Leadership in the Network Economy; "Simple Rules" for Improving Corporate IQ: Basic Lessons from Complexity Science Bill McKelvey; Exploring New Business Innovation Leadership Paradigms Aldo Romano 327 $aNew Economy, Complexity and Management Enzo BadalottiComplexity Science on Coevolving Business with Rapid Change Susanne Kelly; A Complexity and Darwinian Approach to Management with Failure Avoidance as the Key Tool Ron Willis; Treasury Operations in a Multi-National Oil Company: Dialogue on the Methodology of Using Natural Experiments in Complex Evolving Systems Eve Mitleton-Kelly and Marcus Speh Birkenkrahe; An Incubator of Business Innovation Leadership: The eBMS Experiment Giuseppina Passiante; The "Virtualness" Strategy of the e-Business Management School Valerio Elia 327 $aPart 3: The Management of NetworksComplexity in The Next Economy Robin Wood; A Post Industrial Network Organisation Richard Hall; Careers, Communities, and Complexity Theory Michael B. Arthur, Robert J. DeFillippi and Valerie J. Lindsay; Developing New Products by Community of Developers in the Wireless Industry Chris Russell 330 $aOne of the challenges facing today's management is to develop theories and practices that address the dynamics of business networks. Complexity theory has much to contribute to this purpose. Thus, this volume focuses on exploring the emerging patterns of order and discussing the new management practices suitable to the network economy. Its presents a multidisciplinary analysis of modern businesses as complex systems and some managerial implications of managing complex networks in the knowledge economy. It discusses the impact of major forces that are altering today's business landscape, such a 606 $aBusiness networks$vCongresses 606 $aKnowledge management$vCongresses 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aBusiness networks 615 0$aKnowledge management 676 $a658.3124 701 $aAndriani$b Pierpaolo$0904928 701 $aPassiante$b Giuseppina$0252895 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451083403321 996 $aComplexity theory and the management of networks$92023630 997 $aUNINA