Dancing around the mysterious forces of chaos: exploring issues of complexity, knowledge and the management of uncertainty

Author: Smith Denis  

Publisher: Radcliffe Press

ISSN: 1475-9926

Source: Clinician in Management, Vol.13, Iss.3-4, 2005-08, pp. : 115-123

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Abstract

This paper seeks to examine some of the implications of the work of complexity for organisations. The paper sets out the relationship between three systems states – ordered, complex and chaotic – and then explores some of the processes by which organisations can move between such states and develop the potential for crisis as a consequence.