Management Decision: Volume 44 Issue 7

Towards a complexity theory of strategy

Miguel Pina e Cunha, Joao Vieira da Cunha

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the creation of a complexity theory of strategy by integrating a number of ideas that have previously been explored independently in…

Complexity theory and organizing form dualities

Aaron C.T. Smith, Fiona Graetz

The purpose of this paper is to describe how order‐generated rules applied to organizing form dualities can assist in creating the conditions for emergent, self‐organized behavior…

Towards sustainable development strategies: A complex view following the contribution of Edgar Morin

Luciano Barin Cruz, Eugênio Ávila Pedrozo, Vânia de Fátima Barros Estivalete

The purpose of this article is to present a framework that allows an ampler understanding of the evolution process tracked by companies in the pursuit of strategies for…

Crisis management or crisis response system?: A complexity science approach to organizational crises

Alexandros Paraskevas

To offer a complexity‐informed framework for the design of an effective organizational crisis response system.

Complexity and variety in mass customization systems: analysis and recommendations

Thorsten Blecker, Nizar Abdelkafi

To identify and examine the origins of complexity in a mass customization system and to propose an effective application sequence of variety management strategies in order to cope…

Applying a fuzzy‐morphological approach to complexity within management decision making

Amir M. Sharif, Zahir Irani

Noting the scarcity of complexity techniques applied to modelling social systems, this paper attempts to formulate a conceptual model of decision‐making behaviour within the…

The state we are in: insights from autopoiesis and complexity theory

Amanda Gregory

Following Polanyi, this paper aims to suggest that the Industrial Revolution marked a break‐point between pre‐industrial society (characterised by integration) and industrial…

Spotlight on Richard T. Pascale

Sarah Powell

The purpose of this paper is to record an interview with Richard T. Pascale, an international business consultant.

The application of complexity science to business

Richard Wilding