Knowledge, organization, and management : building on the work of Max Boisot / Building on the work of Max Boisot edited by John Child and Martin Ihrig. - xxvi, 281 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-273) and index.

Setting the stage. Max Boisot and the dynamic evolution of knowledge / Martin Ihrig and John Child -- Analyses of the Chinese system. From fiefs to clans and network capitalism : explaining China's emerging economic order / Max Boisot and John Child ; Analyses of the Chinese system / John Child -- Organizational complexity. Extreme outcomes, connectivity, and power laws : towards an econophysics of organization / Max Boisot and Bill McKelvey ; Reflecting on Max Boisot's Ashby space applied to complexity management / Bill McKelvey -- The strategic management of knowledge. The creation and sharing of knowledge / Max Boisot ; The strategic management of knowledge / Martin Ihrig and Ian MacMillan -- Knowledge in big science. Generating knowledge in a connected world : the case of the ALTAS experiment at CERN / Max Boisot ; Knowledge in big science / Agustí Canals -- Innovations in education. Chinese boxes and learning cubes : action learning in a cross-cultural context / Max Boisot and Michel Fiol ; Innovations in education / Dana Kaminstein and John Child -- Concluding reflections. The I-space as a key to history and to culture / Gordon Redding ; The three phases of Max Boisot's theorizing / John-Christopher Spender ; Writing with Max Boisot / Marshall Meyer ; Remembering Max Boisot : recollections of a gifted intellect at work / Ron Sanchez ; I-space and the value of basic research / Markus Nordberg ; Boisot and the God particle / Marzio Nessi ; Conclusion and outlook / John Child and Martin Ihrig.

'Knowledge, Organization, and Management' brings together key examples of Max Boisot's work into a single volume, setting these alongside original, extended commentaries and reflections by his academic collaborators.

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Boisot, Max.


Knowledge management.
Information resources management.
Organizational learning.

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