Complexity in Organizations: A Research Overview

This book provides a comprehensive and compact overview and introduction to the research landscape of complexity in organizations, conveying a gripping history of how complexity has influenced organizational ideas, theories, and practices throughout the 20th century and into our present age. It also sheds light on how ground-breaking ideas in chaos and complexity research have emerged and challenged the foundations of science. It is a lucid and essential study of a topic that will be of interest to scholars, researchers, and students in the fields of business and management.

Format: Hardback
Length: 124 pages
Publication date: 04 March 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book is a thorough and concise introduction to the study of complexity in organizations, written with pace and clarity. In addition to providing a captivating account of how complexity has shaped organizational ideas, theories, and practices throughout the 20th century and into the present day, it sheds light on how groundbreaking ideas in chaos and complexity research have emerged and challenged the foundations of science. The book also explores how researchers who were immersed in the power politics of their time grappled with the theme of complexity in their quest to understand the dynamics of organizations in nature and society. By integrating fundamental theoretical themes and practical implications into the political and social contexts in which they emerged, this overview offers both depth and breadth to the history and future of studies of complexity in organized activity.

This book is a valuable resource for scholars, researchers, and students in the fields of business and management, particularly those interested in the ways that complexity affects and transforms organizations. It provides a lucid and essential study of a topic that is of interest to a wide range of individuals and organizations.

Weight: 298g
Dimension: 143 x 222 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367860189