Defining Complexity for Organizations and its Implication for Strategy
Qeis Kamran (2013), Complexity the Sixth Competitive Force that Shapes Strategy: A Cybernetics Approach to "Porter's Five Forces Model in Turbulent and Complex Environments, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Saarbrücken, Germany
214 Pages Posted: 6 Aug 2014
Date Written: August 4, 2014
Abstract
Complexity, as this work describes is the sixth competitive force that shapes strategy. In the century of complexity as described by Prof. Hawking, it is necessary to observe strategic challenges from a holistic perspective. Linear and reductionist thinking and models are the main source of strategic problems. This work gives Porter’s Five Forces Model the necessary fundament and substance to observe the world from a holistic perspective by the power of the science of cybernetics, bionics and complexity.
Keywords: Cybernetics, Strategy, Compelxity, Michael Porter, Stafford Beer, Competition, Structure
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