Complexity theory and public management: a ‘becoming’ field

Chaos/Complexity Theory and Education

Sciences exist to demonstrate the fundamental order underlying nature. Chaos/complexity theory is a novel and amazing field of scientific inquiry. Notions of our everyday experiences are somehow in connection to the laws of nature through chaos/complexity theory’s concerns with the relationships between simplicity and complexity, between orderliness and randomness (Retrieved from http://www.inc...

chaos/complexity theory and education

sciences exist to demonstrate the fundamental order underlying nature. chaos/complexity theory is a novel and amazing field of scientific inquiry. notions of our everyday experiences are somehow in connection to the laws of nature through chaos/complexity theory’s concerns with the relationships between simplicity and complexity, between orderliness and randomness (retrieved from http://www.inc...

A Critical Theory of New Public Management

Complexity Theory and Knowledge Management Application

This article traces the development of complexity theories and proposes a Complexity Representation Model (CRM) for management processes. The purpose here was to translate key elements of complexities theories (e.g. self organisation, adaption, co-evolution, chaos) into a recognisable form and relate these to management practice (particularly knowledge management and learning). A further Comple...

A Public Policymaker ’ s Dilemma : Economic Development Meets Complexity Theory

Conventional economics falls short in addressing complex social issues. By examining the cost-benefit analysis framework, this paper analyzes the theoretical underpinnings of mainstream economic development and its problematic assumptions of diminishing returns and optimal market equilibrium. After shedding light on the pitfalls of cost-benefit analysis, and subsequently economic development, t...