As management theory is critical to understanding decision-making and formal leadership in organizations, comprehension of their creation, structure, and application greatly benefits and furthers the development of management systems.
Cybernetics and Systems Theory in Management: Tools, Views, and Advancements provides new models and insights into how to develop, test, and apply more effective decision-making and ethical practices in an organizational setting. This critical mass of sought after knowledge with expert international contributions presents a cornerstone publication inspiring new directions of research and theory building.
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Steve E. Wallis is a Fellow of the Institute for Social Innovation which helps individuals and organizations address societal problems via research, leadership, and organizational development. As an organization development consultant he has a decade of experience in Northern California across a wide range of industries. He earned his PhD in 2006 from Fielding Graduate University.
As the founder and director of the Foundation for the Advancement of Social Theory (FAST), a non-profit venture under the auspices of ISI and Fielding, Steve is dedicated to supporting scholars and practitioners as they identify and pursue objective methods for advancing theory across the spectrum of the social sciences. His papers and chapters serve to advance the metatheoretical conversation and identify innovative paths for advancing social theory. He is the editor of ?Cybernetics and Systems Theory in Management: Tools, Views and Advancements? (in press).
Applying those metatheoretical methods, publications include analyses in topic areas of complexity theory, CAS theory, organizational learning theory, social entrepreneurship theory, and others.
| Название | Cybernetics and Systems Theory in Management: Tools, Views, and Advancements: Tools, Views, and Advancements IGI Global research collection Premier reference source |
| Редактор | Wallis, Steven E. |
| Издатель | IGI Global, 2009 |
| ISBN | 1615206698, 9781615206698 |
| Количество страниц | Всего страниц: 400 |
| Экспорт цитаты | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |