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| An Emerging Paradigm of Organization | |
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| Change Organization As Machine Problem with Traditional Approaches | |
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| Alternatives to the Machine | |
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| Model Toward an Integrated Framework | |
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| From the Part to the Whole | |
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| From the Whole to the Part | |
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| Emergent Patterns Through Self-Organization | |
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| Conditions for Self-Organization | |
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| The Self-Organizing Process | |
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| No Condition Stands Alone CAS and the Change Agent | |
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| Summary | |
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| Method: Self-Organizing Dynamics | |
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| Change Through Connections (Not Top-Down Control) | |
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| Story: Hospital Merger Entangled Connections | |
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| No Single Source of Change | |
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| Leadership and Influence in a CAS | |
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| Role of Formal Leader | |
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| Change Agent Role | |
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| Summary | |
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| Method: Feedback Analysis | |
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| Method: Leader As Change Agent | |
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| Adapt to Uncertainty (Not Predictable Stages of Development) | |
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| Nonlinear Organization Change | |
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| Story: Unpredictability vs. Need for Control | |
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| Consulting to Uncertainty No Sequence of Events | |
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| Speed of Adaptation | |
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| Change Agent Role | |
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| Summary | |
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| Method: Decision Making Under Conditions of Uncertainty | |
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| Emerging Goals, Plans, and Structures (Not Clear, Detailed Plans or Goals) | |
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| Case: Knowledge Management Firms Planning in a CAS | |
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| Vision in a CAS Goal | |
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| Setting in a CAS | |
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| Structures in a CAS | |
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| Change Agent Role | |
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| Summary | |
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| Method: Self-Organizing Exercise | |
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| Amplify Difference (Not Build Consensus) | |
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| Story: The Hidden Difference Unbraiding Differences | |
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| Differences in a CAS | |
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| Differences and Organization Resilience | |
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| Differences and Organization Change | |
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| Change Agent Role | |
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| Summary | |
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| Method: Difference Matrix | |
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| Self-Similarity (Not Difference Between Levels) | |
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| Story: The Hidden Difference (Continued) | |
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| Self-Similarity in Organizations Scaling | |
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| Scaling in Organizations Simple Rules | |
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| Change Agent Role | |
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| Summary Method: Fractal As Metaphor | |
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| Success As Fit with the Environment (Not Closing the Gap with an Ideal) | |
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| Story: Focusing on Fit Success As Fitness | |
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| Performance Feedback Competition and Cooperation | |
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| Change Agent Role | |
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| Summary | |
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| Method: Same and Different | |
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| Self-Organization and the Change Agent: Tips for Thriving in the New Paradigm | |
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| Story: Just Do It! Self-Organization and Traditional | |
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| Change Methods | |
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| Change Agent Responsibilities | |
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| Entering the System Assessment | |
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| Intervention Evaluation Skills for a Complexity Approach | |
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| Summary | |
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| Method: Reflection Evaluation | |
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| Making Self-Organization a Reality: Evolution in Organizations | |
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| Work with the Conditions for Self-Organization | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Continuing the Co-Evolution | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Authors | |
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| About the Editors | |