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Complex Systems / Complexity / Chaos

Brendan Kitts	His University site with online papers
Chaos Theory and Crisis Management	How can chaos theory be applied to crisis management
Chaos, Order and Strategy	Businesses are constantly walking a fine line between order versus chaos and predictability versus unpredictability. A business strategy must embrace both phenomena. (scroll down for English text)
Complexity in Social Systems	Definition, topic-related papers, further information, provided by Warwick University, Business Process Resource Center
Complexity Management is all about Speed	Interview with Thierry Breton. Thierry is France's Minister for Finance and Economics. Until February 2005 he was Chairman and CEO of France Telecom, Europe's second largest telecom operator. Pdf-file 2005
Cybernetics	A definition
Finance and Strategy	Complex Adaptive Systems in Finance and Strategy, Applying complex adaptive systems theory helps businesses and economies grow faster says Mark White
Fractal FAQs
Insights from complex systems	An attempt at creating a general conceptual framework for thinking about complex systems for both scientists and non-scientists
Introduction to Systems Thinking	Article by Gene Bellinger
Managing Complexity: How to Turn a Problem into a Strength	Companies are ever striving for profitability. And in doing so try to reduce the complexity they have been building up during the last years. The crucial question though is how to go about it. The authors discuss the various types of complexity and offer three basic ways to address complexity: by eliminating complexity that customers will not pay for, by exploiting to the fullest complexity that customers will pay for, and by reducing to the minimum the costs of any complexity companies offer. pdf-file 181 KB. 2004
New England Complex Systems Institute	Research and Education Institution, provides discussion forum, information on research projects
Santa Fe Institute	Research and Education Center
Self Organizing Systems FAQs
Serendip	Articles and interactive sources on complex systems
Simple, yet complex: Business Management	Supporters of complexity theory believe that the secret of a more creative and productive workforce lies in some simple rules of nature; article by Megan Santosus which offers a basic outline of complexity theory and its relevance to business
Simulation-Based Complexity Management	Manage complexity, reduce risks and increase earnings by 3 to 5 percentage points. Strategic business decisions based on experience, intuition or “gut feelings" can lead to lost earnings potential, unmanageable complexity and unnecessary risks. Using a holistic simulation-based approach, companies can predict the longer-term impact of every business decision. pdf. 2010	new
Systems Thinking	An operational perspective of the universe, article by Gene Bellinger
Theory of Complex Self-organizing Systems	Short overview
What is Chaos?	A definition by the Santa Fe Institute

The Links above are supposed to give you an overview and some readings about the topic. If you want to go deeper in chaos and complexity theory, we recommend the following sites which provide more links.
brint.com	Comprehensive with helpful comments	TOP
Complexity and self organization
Cybernetics, Systems Theory and Complexity	Basics, web resources, readings, complexity homepages

Systems Dynamics

How Systems Thinking / Systems Dynamics helps to identify limits to growth to boost innovation value
John Sterman	Developed management "light simulators" to design effective policies to improve the long-term performance of organizations
Nelson Repenning	Conducts analyses of both successful and failed process-improvement initiatives, which provide the basis for formal modeling efforts, Current research includes developing robust improvement strategies to eliminate unanticipated side effects
New product dynamics	This is an introduction to system dynamics models of new product market dynamics based on word-of-mouth models
System Behavior and Casual Loop Diagrams	Book chapter, explains casual loop diagrams. Pdf-file
System Dynamics for Senior Managers.	MIT's unique approach to analyzing and solving complex business problems
Systems - Understanding theWay	An introduction into the concept of systems
Systems Thinking - an Introduction
Tom Fiddaman	Abstracts and full text versions of his articles
Workshops	This set of notes provides workshops that demonstrate system dynamics simulation methods