dc.contributor.author | Stacey, Ralph | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-03-27T10:30:06Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-03-27T10:30:06Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1993-02 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Stacey , R 1993 , ' Strategy as order emerging from chaos ' , Long Range Planning , vol. 26 , no. 1 , pp. 10-17 . https://doi.org/10.1016/0024-6301(93)90228-8 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2299/13215 | |
dc.description.abstract | Scientists are developing revolutionary new ways of understanding how nature functions. They have recently discovered that systems in nature (for example, a gas) are capable of endless variety because their dynamics are chaotic—unpredictable new patterns emerge through a process of spontaneous self organization (for example, a laser beam). Since human organizations are dynamic feedback systems just as nature's systems are, these new discoveries—chaos and self organization—apply to organizations and provide managers with a fundamentally different way of understanding their strategic development. With this new frame of reference we can see that it is impossible for managers to plan or envision the long-term future of an innovative organization. Instead, they must create and discover an unfolding future, using their ability to learn together in groups and to interact politically in a spontaneous, self-organizing manner | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Long Range Planning | |
dc.title | Strategy as order emerging from chaos | 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 | 10.1016/0024-6301(93)90228-8 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | |
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