Briffaut, Jean-Pierre, <br/><br/>
From complexity in the natural sciences to complexity in operation management systems / 
Jean-Pierre Briffaut. 
 - 1 online resource 
 - Systems of systems complexity set .
 - Systems of systems complexity set. .
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/> Although complexity makes up the very fabric of our daily lives and has been more or less addressed in a wide variety of knowledge fields, the approaches developed in the Natural Sciences and the results obtained over the past century have not yet permeated Management Sciences very much. The main features of the phenomena that the Natural Sciences deal with are: non-linear behavior, self-organization and chaos. They are analyzed with the framing of what is called "systems thinking", popularized by the mindset pertaining to cybernetics. All pioneers in systems thinking either had direct or indirect connections with Biology, which is the discipline considered complex par excellence by the public. When applying these concepts to Operations Management Systems and modeling organizations by BDI (Beliefs, Desires, Intentions) agents, the lack of predictability in the conduct of change management that is prone to bifurcations (tipping points) in terms of organizational structures and in forecasting future activities, reveals them to be ingrained in the interplay of complexity and chaos. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781119610816 1119610818 9781119610854 1119610850 9781119610823 1119610826 178630368X 9781786303684 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>9781119610816  Wiley 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB973935  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>019368651  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Management science.<br/>BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Industrial Management.<br/>BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Management.<br/>BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Management Science.<br/>BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Organizational Behavior.<br/>Management science.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>T56 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>658.403