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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “christoph e mandl”
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  • Managing Complexity in Social Systems

    Leverage Points for Policy and Strategy

    by Christoph E. Mandl ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This book explores how to manage complexity in a highly interconnected world. How can complexity be managed when it cannot be reduced? From organizational addiction to market failure, from limits to growth to the rebound effect, from tragedy of the commons to path dependence, answers are anything but trivial, and can only be found by combining insights from complexity science, system dynamics, ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Managing Complexity in Social Systems

    Leverage Points for Policy and Strategy

    by Christoph E. Mandl ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    Why do policies and strategies often fail, and what can be done about it? How can complexity be managed in cases where it cannot be reduced? The answers to these questions are anything but trivial, and can only be found by combining insights from complexity science, system dynamics, system theory and systems thinking. Rooted in the seminal works of Gregory Bateson, Jay Forrester, Donella Meadows, ... Read more

    $96.99 CAD

  • The Co-creative Meeting

    Practicing Consensual Effectivity in Organizations

    by Christoph Mandl, Markus Hauser, Hanna Mandl ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    “Co-creative meetings” foster invention and innovation, and therefore enable innovative developmental processes in an organizational and inter-organizational context, including strategy development, product development, human resource development, R&D, and trans-organizational projects. This book illustrates the difference between productive and innovative organizations and what that difference ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD

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  • A Crude Look at the Whole

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    Over 900 Past Interview Questions, 18 Subjects, Expert Advice, Worked Answers, 2017 Edition (Oxford and Cambridge)

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