LEADER 05568nam 2200613 450 001 9910824086703321 005 20210209164803.0 010 $a1-119-14537-6 010 $a1-119-14536-8 010 $a1-119-14535-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000459383 035 $a(EBL)2044707 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4043078 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2044707 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2044707 035 $a(OCoLC)917551852 035 $a(CaSebORM)9781848218420 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000459383 100 $a20150824h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aSustainability calling $eunderpinning technologies /$fPierre Massotte, Patrick Corsi 205 $a1st edition 210 1$aLondon, England ;$aHoboken New Jersey :$cISTE :$cWiley,$d2015. 210 4$d©2015 215 $a1 online resource (453 p.) 225 0 $aInnovation, Entrepreneurship and Management Series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84821-842-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Acronyms; Preface; Welcome to the land of overwhelming sustainability!; How can we address the concept of sustainability?; About the authors; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Why "Transformation" Is the One Keyword; I.1. Where have we got by now?; I.2. What evolution forward?; I.3. Tackling transformation is the job; I.4. A summary of the book; I.5. What the present situation tells and the issues encountered; I.5.1. Foreword; I.5.2. Distinguishing sustainability from resilience; I.6. A main concept: toward new ways of thinking 327 $aI.7. Integrating the above theories into their contextI.8. Application on an example relevant to entropy and network theory; I.9. A basket of relevant keywords; PART 1: Models That Can Aspire to be Better Suited to Future Needs; 1: Disassembling Some Traditional Views; 1.1. Time and space: past, present and future; 1.2. The (big) law of correspondence; 1.3. Intricate imbrications and their uncertainties; 1.4. Many levels: subatomic, micro, meso, macro, chrono, etc.; 2: Is Globalization, or Holism, Really a New Phenomenon?; 2.1. Some characteristics of the present globalization 327 $a2.2. A brief history of a very old concept: globalization2.3 The nature of today's globalization; 2.4. Some features of today's globalization; 2.5. Impacts of a disruption: "catastrophe" in a global context; 2.6. Management in economy: risks and disturbances are also global; 2.7. Extending and transposing these concepts to enterprises; 2.8. Consequences: collective consciousness and behavior; 2.9. A common idea of "catastrophism" and the need for ecology; 2.10. Should we try to predict that the worst is yet to come? 327 $a2.10.1. The question is not "knowing what will happen and when", instead "what could and/or should happen"2.10.2. Methods and tools related to conventional anticipation and prediction; 2.11. What we can conclude at this stage; 2.11.1. On process performance and governance guidance; 2.11.2. On new constraints within a networked society; 3: Underlying Disturbing Processes: Asymmetries, Coriolis and Chirality; 3.1. By way of introduction; 3.2. New ways of thinking; 3.3. Information asymmetry; 3.3.1. Symmetry and asymmetry in nature; 3.3.2. A reminder on matter, dark matter and dark energy 327 $a3.3.3. What kind of matter and dark energy? Is it an asymmetry?3.3.4. Physical or virtual substance? Aether and "mind stuff"; 3.3.5. Asymmetry in nature: is this a novelty?; 3.4. Information asymmetry in a call center business; 3.5. General Information on asymmetry: antiglobalization corporations; 3.6. Asymmetry in communication and decision systems; 3.7. Decision-making in an asymmetric world; 3.7.1. When does asymmetry occur?; 3.7.2. Asymmetry due to mental predisposition (or soul); 3.7.3. Application; 3.8. Chirality and symmetry and their impact on structures 327 $a3.8.1. Extensions of chirality 330 $aThis book discusses the key concepts of the technologies that underpin the drive towards sustainability in today?s complex world.  The authors propose an integrated view of the frontiers facing any organization nowadays ? whether an enterprise, an administration or any human collective construction ? that operates with a goal, a mission or an objective. While a unified approach still seems unachievable, the authors have nevertheless tackled the amalgamation of the underpinning elements (theories, domains of expertise and practice) and propose a model for assimilating the new concepts with a global view to design the sustainable organizations of the future. The book paves a way towards a general convergence theory, which will manifest, as a by-product, genuine sustainability.   Furthermore, and due to the fact that the same main principles apply, the book redesigns the notion of ?competitiveness?, which today is too often simply reduced to profitability. 606 $aSustainable development 606 $aSustainable engineering 615 0$aSustainable development. 615 0$aSustainable engineering. 676 $a658.1511 700 $aMassotte$b Pierre$0888971 702 $aCorsi$b Patrick 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824086703321 996 $aSustainability calling$94099852 997 $aUNINA