TY - BOOK AU - H�eraud,Jean-Alain AU - Kerr,Fiona AU - Burger-Helmchen,Thierry TI - Creative management of complex systems T2 - Innovation, entrepreneurship, management series. Smart innovation set SN - 9781119579021 AV - HD31.2 .H47 2019eb U1 - 658.421 23 PY - 2019/// CY - London, UK, Hoboken, NJ PB - ISTE Ltd, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. KW - Management KW - Entrepreneurship KW - Creative ability in business KW - Gestion KW - Entrepreneuriat KW - Cr�eativit�e dans les affaires KW - management KW - aat KW - entrepreneurs KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS KW - Industrial Management KW - bisacsh KW - Management Science KW - Organizational Behavior KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-172) and index; Front Matter -- Introduction: Why Do We Talk About Complexity in Management? -- The Evolution of Complex Systems -- Steering Complex Adaptive Systems: Managing Weak Signals -- Entrepreneurship, Market Creation and Imagination -- Managerial Approaches and Theories of the Firm -- Conclusion -- References -- Index -- Other titles from iSTE in Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Management N2 - This book is a general presentation of complex systems, examined from the point of view of management. There is no standard formula to govern such systems, nor to effectively understand and respond to them. The interdisciplinary theory of self-organization is teeming with examples of living systems that can reorganize at a higher level of complexity when confronted with an external challenge of a certain magnitude. Modern businesses, considered as complex systems, ideally know how to flexibly and resiliently adapt to their environment, and also how to prepare for change via self-organization. Understanding sources of potential crisis is essential for leaders, though not all crises are necessarily bad news, as creative firms know how to respond to challenges through innovation: new products and markets, organizational learning for collective intelligence, and more UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119332466 ER -