Fractal Sustainability
eBook - ePub

Fractal Sustainability

A systems approach to organizational change

  1. 124 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Fractal Sustainability

A systems approach to organizational change

About this book

Even though the fractal approach to sustainability and organizational change management is not new, no authors so far seem to have truly attempted to use fractals as a mathematical means to map and measure organizational sustainability. Several sustainability maturity models and change management models and frameworks, concepts and computer generated systems came to the fore during the past two decades. They provided a set of useful tools for managers, academics and students to refer to, or on which to base their own actions and plans. However, one issue remains: most of those models and frameworks share a rather similar linear 'skeleton'; the main difference between them is the quantitative variety of steps within each phase, stage, and parameter and how in depth each of these is presented.

The authors' work addresses a clear gap in the literature and in applied research, as it emphasizes the relevance of using a complex mathematically-based but user-friendly fractal approach. Readers are able to better understand, implement, map and measure change management processes leading to a sustainability-focused mindset. Subsequent chapters guide you through the steps towards creating committed sustainability-based strategies, attitudes, actions and practices across all levels in the broad organizational context.

This text is essential reading for students researching business and management and who are interested in the Fractal Sustainability concept.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9781472481009
eBook ISBN
9781317133629

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Fractal Sustainability
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Figures
  7. Tables
  8. Boxes
  9. Foreword
  10. Preface
  11. Acknowledgements
  12. Abbreviations and Acronyms
  13. Opening Remarks
  14. 1 The Principles
  15. 2 The Challenges
  16. 3 The Fractal Sustainability Set
  17. 4 The Multi-Fractal Sustainability Indicator
  18. 5 Some Qualitative Notes on Chaos and Fractals
  19. 6 Systems Thinking and Social Network Analysis
  20. 7 Benchmarking the Fractal Sustainability Framework
  21. 8 Applying the Fractal Sustainability Framework
  22. Bibliography
  23. Index