Complexity Leadership

Complexity Leadership
Author: Mary Uhl-Bien
Publisher: IAP
Total Pages: 446
Release: 2007-12-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 160752628X

This book introduces leadership and organizational scholars to the potenial of complexity science for broadening leadership study beyond its traditional focus on leaders’ actions and influence, to a consideration of leadership as a broader, dynamically and interactive organizing process. The book offers a primer on complexity science and its applications to organization studies, and compares the logics of complexity science with those underlying traditional leadership approaches. It describes methodological approaches for studying leadership from a complexity perspective, and offers examples of applications of complexity science to leadership theory. Chapters are written by top scholars in complexity and leadership theory.

Chaos, Complexity and Leadership 2020

Chaos, Complexity and Leadership 2020
Author: Şefika Şule Erçetin
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2021-07-30
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3030740579

This book analyzes a range of new developments in various fields concerning the concepts of chaos and complexity theory. The proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Chaos, Complexity and Leadership feature newly developed concepts involving various research methodologies for identifying chaos and complexity in different fields of the sciences and leadership. In addition, it explores chaotic and complex systems from all fields of knowledge in order to stake a claim of prevalence of compatibility between knowledge fields. Particular emphasis is placed on exploring non-linearity in order to open a discussion on new approaches to and perspectives on chaos, complexity and leadership. Readers will find coverage of important events that have recently taken place in our world, regardless of whether they were social, political, economic or scientific in nature. The book explores diverse aspects of and issues related to the effects of chaos and complexity in the world; discusses the application of nonlinear dynamics in order to arrive at transformational policies; and offers projections of tomorrow’s world using an interdisciplinary approach. Though primarily intended for readers with an interest in nonlinear science, thanks to its focus on the application of chaos and complexity to other disciplines, the book appeals to a broad readership.

Complexity Leadership

Complexity Leadership
Author: Diana M Crowell
Publisher: F.A. Davis
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2020-01-07
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0803699077

Lead effectively in today's complex health systems! As hospitals and healthcare organizations strive to meet standards to achieve status in the Magnet Hospital Recognition Program and address the issues in the Institute of Medicine’s Nursing Work Force Issues Initiative, they must be able to respond in ways that embrace rapid change. The 3rd Edition of this groundbreaking text addresses the leadership roles advanced practice nurses can assume in this new environment. It defines the concept of complexity and teaches the leadership skills that are best suited for complex adaptive systems, while also enabling you to build the self-awareness you need to learn new ways to lead. Case studies help you apply your new skills and prepare for your advanced practice roles.

Complex Systems Leadership Theory

Complex Systems Leadership Theory
Author: James K. Hazy
Publisher: Exploring Organizational Compl
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780979168864

Written by leading experts in the field, this volume seeks to provide new insights and tools that have only recently become apparent through advances in complexity science.

Leadership in Complexity and Change

Leadership in Complexity and Change
Author: Sharon Varney
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2021-10-25
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 311071342X

If we needed a reminder that the world is complex and in constant motion, then 2020 certainly delivered. Suddenly, the inherent uncertainties and ambiguities of leadership were starkly revealed for all to see as the dynamics of complexity and change played out intensively, and very publicly, on the global stage. Leadership in Complexity and Change draws on complexity science to paint a picture of a world in constant motion, where leadership is enacted in the midst of complexity and continuous change. We must learn to engage with complexity. If not now, when? Part I of this insightful book brings complexity science to life by considering the practical challenges of complexity and its implications for leadership. Part II considers how leaders can reinvigorate existing tools and approaches with a new mindset, before offering some new tools and practices for learning informed leadership. Part III concludes by considering the person in the practice of leadership in complexity and change. Key ideas are presented through mini-cases and practical examples embedded throughout the book. This book will help executives, managers, and professionals recognise where some of the challenges come from understand why those challenges persist engage with the dynamic patterning of organisational life appreciate the scope for leadership recognise the choices that can be made choose how to manage themselves Events around the book Link to a De Gruyter Online Event in which the author Sharon Varney together with Jean Boulton, Leading authority on complexity theory and its implications for the social world, and Ian Rodwell, Head of Client Knowledge and Learning at Linklaters LLP, discuss what it means to be an effective leader in an uncertain world and that one should develop the ability to keep an eye on the emerging future: https://youtu.be/vSi732fdqbc

School Leadership and Complexity Theory

School Leadership and Complexity Theory
Author: Keith R. B. Morrison
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2002
Genre: Complex organizations
ISBN: 0415277833

This book moves forward the agenda significantly. It enables educational leadership and management discourse to be informed by the latest views that are becoming well established in business and organisational literature in practice.

Unlocking Leadership Mindtraps

Unlocking Leadership Mindtraps
Author: Jennifer Garvey Berger
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 165
Release: 2019-01-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1503609782

Author and consultant Jennifer Garvey Berger has worked with all types of leaders—from top executives at Google to nonprofit directors who are trying to make a dent in social change. She hears a version of the same plea from every client in nearly every sector around the world: "I know that complexity and uncertainty are testing my instincts, but I don't know which to trust. Is there some way to know what to do when I can't know what's next?" Her newest work is an answer to this plea. Using her background in adult development, complexity theories, and leadership consultancy, Garvey Berger discerns five pernicious and pervasive "mind traps" to frame the book. These are: the desire for simple stories, our sense that we are right, our desire to get along with others in our group, our fixation with control, and our constant quest to protect and defend our egos. In addition to understanding why these natural impulses steer us wrong in a fast-moving world, leaders will get powerful questions and approaches that help them escape these patterns.

Complexity and the Nexus of Leadership

Complexity and the Nexus of Leadership
Author: J. Goldstein
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011-05-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780230622289

The authors present a new approach to leadership based on findings from complexity science. Integrating real case studies with rigorous research results, they explore the biggest challenges being faced in fast-paced organizations, and provide a host of concrete tools for leading during critical periods.

Chaos, Complexity and Leadership 2014

Chaos, Complexity and Leadership 2014
Author: Şefika Şule Erçetin
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 508
Release: 2015-10-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3319186930

This work represents the third entry of the series of works on “Chaos, Complexity and Leadership”. Contents of the book are composed from broad range of chaos, complexity and their applications in multi disciplines. Articles reflect different perspectives in the field of applied nonlinear methods, modeling of data and simulations as well as theoretical achievements of chaos and complex systems. In addition to this, readers are going to find new applications in leadership and management of chaos and complexity theory such as in fields from education to politics. It is completely new and fresh piece of mind for readers who are interested in chaos, complexity and especially leadership.

Complexity and Management

Complexity and Management
Author: Ralph D. Stacey
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2000
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780415247610

Providing a critique of the ways that complexity theory has been applied to understanding organizations, and outining a new direction, this book calls for a radical re-examination of management thinking.