Managing Emergent Phenomena: Nonlinear Dynamics in Work Organizations

Guastello (Marquette U.), also the author of Chaos, Catastrophe, and Human Affairs (1995), extends his interest in chaos theory to the concept of complexity, referring to self-organizing behavior patterns that are examples of emergence—the sudden materialization of something that didn't exist before. Applying complexity to organizational behavior, he explores the processes of change and development, nonlinear motivation theory, dynamical theory of creativity, work group coordination, the emergence of leadership, dynamical systems, and other topics. The work provides a quite technical examination of nonlinear dynamical systems theory for social scientists. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)


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