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Dear All
My first posting so apologies if covering old ground. I am particularly
interested in the application of complexity theory (or chaos theory if
you prefer) to organisations and management. Are such theories valid?
If so, what are the implications, if any, for strategic direction,
environmental understanding, management, organisational behaviour and
organisational theory?

Any views, suggestions for research directions, literature/web sources,
etc, would be most welcome.

Best wishes for Christmas and the New Year to all

Bob

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Bob Lowson
School of Management
University of East Anglia
Norwich, NR4 7TJ
England

Tel or Fax: +44 (0)1493 -377788

Dear Bob,

For a good look at this field, have you looked up

Ralph Stacey

1995 The Science of Complexity: An Alternative Perspective for Strategic
Change Processes

and

1996 Emerging Strategies for a Chaotic Environment

He's based at Hatfield I think......

I'm at Cranfield and my work touches on this in connection with strategy
formation.

Mail me if you're interested

Brian Smith

b.smith@cranfield.ac.uk