The entropy vector [[electronic resource] ] : connecting science and business / / Robert D. Handscombe, Eann A. Patterson |
Autore | Handscombe Robert D |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore ; ; River Edge, NJ, : World Scientific, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (198 p.) |
Disciplina | 500 |
Altri autori (Persone) | PattersonEann A |
Soggetto topico |
Entropy (Information theory)
Science |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-87699-2
9786611876999 981-256-543-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 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
3 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 Taking 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 No 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 Innovative 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 10 Mental Entropy education and training memory and analysis efficiency, effectiveness and distinctiveness diversity of skill and attitude employee and team skills science and measurement |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910449882303321 |
Handscombe Robert D | ||
Singapore ; ; River Edge, NJ, : World Scientific, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The entropy vector [[electronic resource] ] : connecting science and business / / Robert D. Handscombe, Eann A. Patterson |
Autore | Handscombe Robert D |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore ; ; River Edge, NJ, : World Scientific, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (198 p.) |
Disciplina | 500 |
Altri autori (Persone) | PattersonEann A |
Soggetto topico |
Entropy (Information theory)
Science |
ISBN |
1-281-87699-2
9786611876999 981-256-543-4 |
Classificazione | 85.08 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 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
3 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 Taking 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 No 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 Innovative 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 10 Mental Entropy education and training memory and analysis efficiency, effectiveness and distinctiveness diversity of skill and attitude employee and team skills science and measurement |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783225003321 |
Handscombe Robert D | ||
Singapore ; ; River Edge, NJ, : World Scientific, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The entropy vector : connecting science and business / / Robert D. Handscombe, Eann A. Patterson |
Autore | Handscombe Robert D |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore ; ; River Edge, NJ, : World Scientific, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (198 p.) |
Disciplina | 500 |
Altri autori (Persone) | PattersonEann A |
Soggetto topico |
Entropy (Information theory)
Science |
ISBN |
1-281-87699-2
9786611876999 981-256-543-4 |
Classificazione | 85.08 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 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
3 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 Taking 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 No 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 Innovative 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 10 Mental Entropy education and training memory and analysis efficiency, effectiveness and distinctiveness diversity of skill and attitude employee and team skills science and measurement |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821230703321 |
Handscombe Robert D | ||
Singapore ; ; River Edge, NJ, : World Scientific, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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