Understanding Organizations in Complex, Emergent and Uncertain Environments - Paperback

by Anabella Davila (Author), Marta Elvira (Author), Jacobo Ramirez (Author)

Explores the concept of complexity and analyses how organizational governance can contribute to environmental sustainability. A common theme in these chapters is that organizations actively engage with their environments. Consequently, organizational responses are partly the result of iterative processes with the environment.

Author Biography

CARMEN BAUMELER Eidgenössisches Hochschulinstitut für Berufsbildung EHB, Switzerland RONALD C. BECKETT University of Western Sydney, Australia LOIS BURGESS University of Wollongong, Australia JOHN CHILD University of Birmingham, UK STEWART CLEGG University of Technology Sydney, Australia PAUL K. COUCHMAN Deakin University, Australia ANABELLA DAVILA Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico LUIS GARCÍA-CALDERÓN Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico MARTA M. ELVIRA IESE Business School, Spain LJILJANA ERAKOVIC University of Auckland, New Zealand HELLE HEDEGAARD HEIN Copenhagen Business School, Denmark CORAL INGLEY AUT University, New Zealand BRAD JACKSON University of Auckland, New Zealand MICHAEL JONES University of Wollongong, Australia DANIEL MARANTO Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico JENS MUELLER Waikato University, New Zealand BELINDA PARRISH University of Wollongong, Australia JOSÉ LUIS PINEDA Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico MORINA RENNIE University of Regina, Canada JAVIER REYNOSO Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico SUZANA B. RODRIGUES Erasmus University, The Netherlands DIEGO A. RODRÍGUEZ LOZANO Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico LORENZO SERITTI University of Wollongong, Australia DONALD WARRICK University of Colorado, USA LAURA ZAPATA-CANTÚ Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico