...Henriett Primecz Purpose This paper aims to investigate the concept of VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity) in the field of cross-cultural management. Design/methodology/approach The related literature has been analysed from various paradigmatic lenses. Findings...

...Harry Kogetsidis Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the contribution that problem structuring methods – a branch of the decision support discipline of operational research – have made in helping managers deal with situations of high complexity. The paper reviews the limitations...

... attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Over the past few decades, the environment for organisations has been frequently described using the acronym VUCA: a volatile, uncertain, complex...

...Harry Kogetsidis Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how holistic thinking and the use of systems methodologies can help organisations handle increased problem complexity. The paper provides a critical discussion of the development of applied systems thinking and examines how its main...

.... PPP is complex. Contracting helps manage the complexity of these arrangements. This case study approach to PPP contracting highlights the variation in contracting approaches across two different countries. Policymakers and health-care managers need to ensure that PPP contracting clearly delineates...

... lacks rigorous sorting criteria. The most conspicuous fashion might be new public management (NPM) and its successor, post-NPM. However, recent reforms which involve complexity created the challenge of “rational calculation” in terms of an understanding of administrative reform. The authors...

... of hierarchy appear. Eventually, organizational complexity rises sufficiently to produce lower levels of managerial ownership of consequences and professional autonomy, as well as higher levels of control, leading to a collapse of organizational efficiency. A subtle variation of agency theory is revealed...

..., 2002). Jameson Gill can be contacted at: Jameson.Gill@shu.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Meme Memetics Narratives Complexity Evolution One might forgive the empirically orientated researcher who, having reviewed the memetics literature, feels trepidation...