dc.contributor.author | Stacey, Ralph | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-03-04T16:28:58Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-03-04T16:28:58Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1995-08 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Stacey , R 1995 , ' The Science of Complexity : An Alternative Perspective for Strategic Change Processes ' , Strategic Management Journal , vol. 16 , no. 6 , pp. 477-495 . https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.4250160606 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0143-2095 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2299/13004 | |
dc.description.abstract | The two perspectives of strategy process most firmly established in the literature—strategic choice and ecology—assume the same about system dynamics: negative feedback processes driving successful systems (individual organizations or populations of organizations) toward predictable equilibrium states of adaptation to the environment. This paper proposes a third perspective, that of complex adaptive systems. The framework is provided by the modern science of complexity: the study of nonlinear and network feedback systems, incorporating theories of chaos, artificial life, self-organization and emergent order. Here system dynamics are characterized by positive and negative feedback as systems coevolve far from equilibrium, in a self-organizing manner, toward unpredictable long-term outcomes | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Strategic Management Journal | |
dc.title | The Science of Complexity : An Alternative Perspective for Strategic Change Processes | en |
dc.contributor.institution | Hertfordshire Business School | |
dc.contributor.institution | Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities Research Institute | |
dc.contributor.institution | Management and Strategy Research Unit | |
dc.contributor.institution | Department of Management, Leadership and Organisation | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1002/smj.4250160606 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | |
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