Ch 2.4 - Open questions

Chaos theory, Dissipative structures, Complex adaptive structures

Complicated systems are ordered and difficult to understand, while complex systems are disordered and unpredictable.

Dissipative structures need energy and impetus from outside.

<p>Complex adaptive structures are made up of agents, each conforming to its own principles that shape its behavior in relation to other agents.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>One implication is the need to move beyond 'narrow employee participation in change' towards much more democracy and equalization of power.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Chaos systems are characterized by constant transformation analogous to the ways that species evolve.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The presence of 'order generating rules'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>New insights into how their organizations work and how they can conceive change</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The old network that employees had before the new organization was formed</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It works to destabilize the legitimate system and establish a different organizational equilibrium</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The idea of a tipping point is when events lead up to and culminate in a significant change</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Incremental change and large-scale transformation</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Self-organization</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They evolve and are part of the processes of self-organization</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A metaphor for understanding how change happens and how it is sustained</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Transformational or frame-breaking change</p> Signup and view all the answers