Leadership and the New Science
by Margaret J. WheatleyFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1992-09-01
Publisher(s): Berrett-Koehler Pub
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Summary
A mind-opening journey into the "new science"--the revolutionary discoveries in quantum physics, chaos theory, and molecular biology. Wheatley applies these scientific concepts to the management of organizations and information, offering new insight on issues troubling people most: order and change, autonomy and control; structure and flexibility, planning and innovation.
Table of Contents
| Illustrations | |
| Preface | |
| The Author | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Introduction: Searching for a Simpler Way to Lead Organizations | p. 1 |
| Discovering an Orderly World | p. 15 |
| Newtonian Organizations in a Quantum Age | p. 25 |
| Space Is Not Empty: Invisible Fields that Shape Behavior | p. 47 |
| The Participative Nature of the Universe | p. 59 |
| Change, Stability, and Renewal: The Paradoxes of Self-Organizing Systems | p. 75 |
| The Creative Energy of the Universe - Information | p. 101 |
| Chaos and the Strange Attractor of Meaning | p. 121 |
| The New Scientific Management | p. 139 |
| Epilogue: Being Comfortable with Uncertainty | p. 149 |
| Suggested Readings | p. 153 |
| Bibliography | p. 157 |
| Index | p. 161 |
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