Description
Book SynopsisFast track route to mastering highly complex environments
Covers the fundamentals of complexity, from encouragingiconoclastic behavior and setting up formal complexity training tousing scenarios and gathering intelligence
Examples and lessons from some of the world's most sophisticatedbusinesses, including Microsoft, and ideas from the smartestthinkers including H. Igor Ansoff, Richard A D'Aveni and PeterSchwartz
Includes a glossary of key concepts and a comprehensive resourcesguide
ExpressExec is a unique business resource of one hundred books.These books present the best current thinking and span the entirerange of contemporary business practice. Each book gives you thekey concepts behind the subject and the techniques to implement theideas effectively, together with lessons from benchmark companiesand ideas from the world's smartest thinkers.
ExpressExec is organised into ten core subject areas making iteasy to find the information you need:
01 Innovation
02 Enterprise
03 Strategy
04 Marketing
05 Finance
06 Operations and Technology
07 Organizations
08 Leading
09 People
10 Life and Work
ExpressExec is a perfect learning solution for people who need tomaster the latest business thinking and practice quickly.
Table of ContentsIntroduction to Express Exec
Introduction to Complexity and Paradox
Complexity Theory: Key Terms and Definitions
The Evolution of Complexity and Chaos Thinking
The E-Dimension: Complexity
The Global Dimension
The State of the Art
In Practice: Case Studies
Key Concepts and Thinkers
Resources
Ten Steps to Making Complexity Work
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Index
