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Although complexity makes up the very fabric of our daily lives and has been more or less addressed in a wide variety of knowledge fields, the approaches developed in the Natural Sciences and the results obtained over the past century have not yet permeated Management Sciences very much.

The main features of the phenomena that the Natural Sciences deal with are: non-linear behavior, self-organization and chaos. They are analyzed with the framing of what is called "systems thinking", popularized by the mindset pertaining to cybernetics. All pioneers in systems thinking either had direct or indirect connections with Biology, which is the discipline considered complex par excellence by the public.

When applying these concepts to Operations Management Systems and modeling organizations by BDI (Beliefs, Desires, Intentions) agents, the lack of predictability in the conduct of change management that is prone to bifurcations (tipping points) in terms of organizational structures and in forecasting future activities, reveals them to be ingrained in the interplay of complexity and chaos.

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Title From Complexity in the Natural Sciences to Complexity in Operations Management Systems
Author Jean-Pierre Briffaut
Binding Hardback
Pages 240
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Wiley-Iste
Illustrated Yes
Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
ISBN 9781786303684 / 178630368X
Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
Dimensions 9.4 x 6.4 x 0.8 in (23.88 x 16.26 x 2.03 cm)
Category Technology & Industrial Arts
Library of Congress subjects Management science
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2019930116
Dewey Decimal Code 658.403

About the author

Jean-Pierre Briffaut holds a Doctorate in Physics from Paris University in France. He is a retired Professor of Operations Management at Institut Mines-Tlcom and a Member of the Institut Fredrick Bull, where he currently leads a working group on the Complexity of Systems of Systems (SoS).

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