Business Plasticity through Disorganization

Authors:

• Dinuka B. Herath
• Davide Secchi
• Fabian Homberg
• Gayanga B. Herath

Chapters:

• 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