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Managing Complexity in Social Systems Leverage Points for Policy and Strategy

This book explores how to manage complexity in a highly interconnected world. How can complexity be managed when it cannot be reduced? From organizational addiction to market failure, from limits to growth to the rebound effect, from tragedy of the commons to path dependence, answers are anything bu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mandl, Christoph E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2023, 2023
Edition:2nd ed. 2023
Series:Management for Professionals
Subjects:
Economic Policy
Public Administration
Leadership
Complex Systems
Strategic Planning
Political Science
System Theory
Business Strategy And Leadership
Energy Policy
Energy Policy, Economics And Management
Energy And State
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction: Scientific Journey into a Strange Paradigm
  • Part I From Logic to Circular Causality
  • Chapter 2. Events, Patterns, and Structure
  • Chapter 3. Equilibrium, Resilience, and Emergence
  • Chapter 4. Prediction, Butterfly Effect, and Decision Making
  • Part II Describing and Understanding Dynamics of Social Systems
  • Chapter 5. Language, Syntax, and Semantics for Describing Dynamics of Systems
  • Chapter 6. Stock-Flow Failure: Climate Neutrality and Net-Zero Emissions
  • Chapter 7. Leverage Points: A Paradigm Shift in Governance
  • Chapter 8. Tame, Wicked, and Super Wicked Systems Archetypes
  • Part III. Managing Tame Systems Archetypes
  • Chapter 9. Deterministic Chaos: Locust Plagues and Price Dynamics of Commodities
  • Chapter 10. Shifting the Burden: Coping With Organizational Addiction
  • Chapter 11. Accidental Adversaries: Sustaining Cooperation
  • Chapter 12. Adaptation: Invisible Hand, Breastfeeding, and ErodingGoals
  • Chapter 13. Escalation: Dynamics of Mutual Distrust
  • Part IV. Managing Wicked Systems Archetypes
  • Chapter 14. Growth and Underinvestment: Aligning Performance and Resources
  • Chapter 15. Policy Resistance: Rebound Effect and Other Fixes That Fail
  • Chapter 16. Limits to Growth and Attractiveness Principle
  • Chapter 17. Diffusion of Innovations: Spreading New Ideas and Technology
  • Part V. Managing Super Wicked Systems Archetypes
  • Chapter 18. Information Asymmetry: When Markets Fail
  • Chapter 19. Tragedy of the Commons: There Ain't No Such Thing as a Free Lunch
  • Chapter 20. Path Dependence: Segregation, Increasing Returns, and Success to the Successful
  • Chapter 21. Epidemics: Out of Control

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