Index
Business Plasticity through Disorganization
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Herath, D.B., Secchi, D., Homberg, F. and Herath, G.B. (2019), "Index", Business Plasticity through Disorganization, Emerald Publishing Limited, Bingley, pp. 135-139. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78756-211-020191023
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INDEX
Accountability
, 69, 73
in disorganized systems
, 98–100
of functionally disorganized system
, 82–83
Accumulation (term)
, 11
of entities
, (7, 8)
stochastic
, 9, 11
Adaptability
, 88
Agent-based simulations (ABMs)
, 57
Agility
, 12
Amagasaki train crash
, 19–20, 25
Amazon
, 26
Anarchy (term)
, 11
Applicability
of ABMs in social science
, 57
for modern management thinking
, 124
in physical sciences
, 32
Birth of disorganization
, (see also Logic of disorganization), 29
evolutionary phases of disorganization
, 34
growing pains
, 33–35
modern aims of disorganization research
, 35
Blockbuster (video rental service)
, 3–4, 26–27
Breadth, depth, volume, and intensity (BDVI)
, 82, 121
BDVI-based understanding disorganization
, 39, 43
Business
, 13, 27, 53, 66
control
, 67
cost of “order” in
, 23–27
model
, 3
modern businesses
, 50, 66
Business plasticity
, 95
axioms
, 89
implementation options for disorganization
, 89–91
issues and bottlenecks
, 91–93
Calibration
, 78
variance
, 97–98
Capability of disorganization
, 48
Cause-based understanding disorganization
, 39–40
Chaos theory
, 32–33
Cognitive “off-loading”
, 116
Cognitive elements of disorganization
, 111, 113–115
distributed cognition
, 115–116
Coherent narrative issue
, 108–109
Complexity in behavioral science
, 32
Complexity theory
, 32–33
Computer backup mechanism, (resilience)
, 50
Conceptual shift in thinking
, 33–34
Conservation of resources theory (COR theory)
, 119–120
Convectional functional barriers
, 79–80
Conventional businesses
, 49
Conventional hierarchical information structure
, 70–72
Coping with stochasticity
, 45
internal and external organizational foresight
, 48–50
melting pot of ideas–juxtaposition
, 47–48
reducing organizing costs
, 45–47
systematic resilience
, 50–52
Coping” strategies of disorganization
, 33, 121
Cost of “order” in business
, 23–27
Cost–benefit analysis
, 64, 74
Creativity, disorganization and
, 118–119
Crime syndicates (resilience)
, 51–52
Decision making
, 81–82
options for structural disorganization
, 73–74
Discarding process
, 46
Disorder
, 11–12, 21, 23, 40, 46
Disorganization
, (see also Functional disorganization; Structural disorganization), 2, 4, 11–12, 49, 57, 59, 114, 121–124
as antidote to growing pains of status quo
, 3–7
baby steps
, 9–10
birth of
, 29–35
case for disorganization in management
, 117
cognitive elements of
, 111, 113–116
and creativity
, 118–119
embracing inevitability
, 7–9
expectation
, 6
future of
, 107–112
lifecycle
, 8
logic of disorganization
, 39–43
performance
, 117–118
pitfalls
, 119
reality uncovered through empirical evidence
, 6
sorting terminology
, 10–13
Disorganized operations
, 49
Disorganized structural topology
, 70–71
Disorganized team
, 65
Distributed cognition
, 115–116
Distributed/systematic cognition
, (see 4E cognition)
“Ecological” cognition
, 116
“Embedded” cognition
, 116
“Embodied” cognition
, 116
Embracing disorganization
, 49
“Enacted” cognition
, 116
Entities, varied
, 11
Entropy (term)
, 12
Equation-based modeling
, 57
Evolutionary phases of disorganization
, 34
Exogenous disorganization
, 40
“Extended mind”
, (see “Extended” cognition)
“Extended” cognition
, 116
External organizational foresight
, 48–50
Failure to adapt
, 26, 27
Flexibility
, 88
Foundational theory or conceptual framework, lack of
, 107
4E cognition
, 115–116
Full access environmental condition
, 59
Functional disorganization
, (see also Structural disorganization), 77–78, 80, 118, 122
convectional functional barriers
, 79–80
implementation strategy
, 82
low, medium, and high
, 81
monitoring and accountability
, 82–83
problem solving/decision making
, 81–82
socializing
, 78–79
Future of disorganization
, 107
gaps in research
, 107–110
research agenda
, 110–112
Garbage can model (Cohen)
, 30-31, 47–48
Goal-driven disorganization
, (see also Structural disorganization), 63
broad strategies for
, 63–66
implications of leveraging disorganization
, 66–68
Hierarchically ordered complex human structures
, 11
Higher access environmental condition
, 58
Higher functional disorganization
, 89
Higher structural disorganization
, 89
Highly explorative characteristics
, 89
Highly opportunistic characteristics
, 89
Hill-climbing approach
, 54
Human
and cognitive mechanisms
, 114–115
cost of organization
, 24
costs/employee dissatisfaction
, 23
Hunter-gatherer phases of development
, 21
Hybrid conditions
, 59
Indigenous disorganization
, 40
Individual disorganization
, 59
“Initiative-freeing” organization
, 119
Integrated order/disorder approach
, 63, 66
Interconnection
between organized and disorganized systems
, 100–102
process in structural disorganization
, 72–73
Iteration, adaptive
, 63, 65
Iterative approach
, 63, 65
Language development
, 21
Law
enforcement
, 51–52
of thermodynamics
, 32
Lenses
, 43, 44
Leveraging disorganization
, 53–54, 63
implications
, 66–68
“leveraging” strategies of disorganization
, 121
Location-based understanding disorganization
, 39, 42–43
Logic of disorganization
, 39
BDVI model
, 43
cause-based understanding of disorganization
, 39–40
location-based understanding of disorganization
, 42–43
reaction/outcome-based understanding of disorganization
, 41–42
Lower access environmental condition
, 58–59
Management
case for disorganization in
, 117
scholars
, 1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
, 55
Mathematical optimization
, 54
Measuring disorganization
, 111
Mess/Messy (term)
, 12
Messes (major types)
, 41
Microchip
, 54–55
“MIT Building 20: The Magical Incubator”
, 55
Modern businesses
, 50, 66
Monitoring
, 92
in disorganized systems
, 98–100
processes
, 64
Moore’s law
, 54
Negative effects of order
, 22
Neuroplasticity
, (see Plasticity)
Noninterventionist approach
, 63–64
Nonphysical entities
, 8–9
Nonphysical location
, 42
Nonteleological disorganization
, 41
“Nuclear reactor” approach
, 30
One-off instance of disorganization
, 64
Optimization methods
, 54
Order
, 12, 19
in chaos
, 53–59
cost in business
, 23–27
history
, 20–23
peril of overreliance
, 25
vicious cycle of
, 20
Organization
, 12–13, 23–24, 57
components
, 69–70
functioning
, 114
internal organizational foresight
, 48–50
performance
, 117–118
process/system
, 53
reducing organizing costs
, 45–47
structure in
, 69
Organized structural topology
, 70–71
Perception issue
, 108–110
Phase 3 expansion
, 110
Physical location
, 42
Plasticity
, 87–88
key characteristics of
, 122
Pockets
of disorganization
, 48
of order/disorder
, 66
Predisposition
, 5, 7
Preservation of core identity
, 89
Problem
, 9, 57–58
modern businesses deal
, 48
solving
, 81–82
Project management approach (PM approach)
, 114
Reaction/outcome-based understanding disorganization
, 39, 41–42
Replication
, 65
Replication in disorganized systems
, 95–96
Research
agenda
, 110–112
gaps in
, 107–110
Result only work environment approaches (ROWE approaches)
, 65, 99
Retraining programs
, 19
Same access environmental condition
, 58
Scientific management
, 22
Scientific method
, 22
Selection pressures
, 65
Self-adaptation
, 65
Self-governance
, 65
Self-organization in behavioral science
, 32
Simulation
annealing algorithm
, 55
studies
, 56
techniques
, 57
Single implementation (one-off) approach
, 63–65
Sloppy structural disorganization
, 40
Slow-changing environment
, 27
Social interactions
, 57
Socialization
, 78–79
Solutions
, 57–58
“Spaghetti Approach”
, 31
Static environment
, 27
Stochastic accumulation
, 70
of entities
, 34, 53
managers
, 9
Stochastic dynamics
, 32
Stochastic processes
, 54
Stochasticity
, 92
in human system
, 55
Strategic messes
, 40
Structural disorganization
, (see also Functional disorganization), 69–70, 122
conventional hierarchical information structure
, 70–72
decision-making options
, 73–74
implementation guide for
, 74
low, medium, and high
, 72
sloppy
, 40
stochastic accumulation
, 70
topological flexibility
, 70
Structure in organization
, 69
Subsystems Approach
, 101
Sustainable capability
, 95
accountability and monitoring
, 98–100
calibrating variance
, 97–98
interconnection
, 100–102
replication
, 95–96
understanding initial conditions
, 96–97
Systematic resilience
, 50–52
Team disorganization
, 59
Teleological approaches
, 34, 70
Teleological disorganization
, 41, 66, 67, 121–122
Teleological forms of disorganization
, 68
Terminology
, 10–13
Thermodynamics, law of
, 32
Thinking order
, 5
“To discard mess”
, (see “To remove messes”)
“To organize mess”
, 41
“To remove messes”
, 41
Topological flexibility
, 70
Toys “R” Us
, 26–27
“Try before you buy” strategy
, 64
Unpredictability
, 53
unpredictable accumulation of entities over time
, 7
Variance, calibrating
, 97–98
Wasting resources
, 42
- Prelims
- Chapter 1 Sorting the “Mess” from the Rest
- Section A: Origins
- Chapter 2 The Problem with “Order”
- Chapter 3 Birth of Disorganization
- Section B: Understanding Disorganization
- Chapter 4 The Logic of Disorganization
- Chapter 5 Coping with Stochasticity
- Chapter 6 Order in Chaos
- Section C: Implementing Disorganization
- Chapter 7 Goal-driven Disorganization
- Chapter 8 Structural Disorganization
- Chapter 9 Functional Disorganization
- Section D: Towards Business Plasticity
- Chapter 10 Business Plasticity
- Chapter 11 Toward Plasticity: Disorganization as a Sustainable Capability
- Section E: Implications
- Chapter 12 Future of Disorganization: A Research Agenda for Scholars
- Chapter 13 Studying the Cognitive Elements of Disorganization
- Chapter 14 Lessons for Practice – On the Relevance of the Study of “Disorganization” for Practitioners
- Chapter 15 At the End of Day
- References
- Index