Description
Book SynopsisEven though the fractal approach to sustainability and organizational change management is not new, no authors so far seem to have truly attempted to use fractals as a mathematical means to map and measure organizational sustainability. Several sustainability maturity models and change management models and frameworks, concepts and computer generated systems came to the fore during the past two decades. They provided a set of useful tools for managers, academics and students to refer to, or on which to base their own actions and plans. However, one issue remains: most of those models and frameworks share a rather similar linear skeleton'; the main difference between them is the quantitative variety of steps within each phase, stage, and parameter and how in depth each of these is presented.
The authors'' work addresses a clear gap in the literature and in applied research, as it emphasizes the relevance of using a complex mathematically-based but user-friendly fractal
Table of Contents
Foreword by Professor Tim O’Riordan
Preface
Acknowledgments
Opening remarks
Behind the scenes
Novel contribution
Expected Impact
Structure of the book
PART I: Principles and Challenges
1. The Principles
2. The Challenges
Part II: The Framework
3. The Fractal Sustainability Set (FSS)
4. The Multi-fractal Sustainability Indicator (MfSI)
5. Some qualitative notes on Chaos and Fractals
PART III: Applying the FS Framework
6. Systems Thinking and Social Network Analysis
7. Benchmarking the Fractal Sustainability framework (FSf)
8. Applying the Fractal Sustainability framework (FSf)
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