...Franz Kasper Krönig; Svea Möbs Purpose This paper examines how the expansion of university missions affects functional coherence. Drawing on systems theory, we introduce programmatasis, a condition in which proliferating, weakly aligned missions generate conflicting programs that undermine...

... this, they appear to be beyond our control. Complexity theory Systems theory Change management © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 In important regards, the current form of functional differentiation narrows society's attention span. Because every function system is solely and completely...

... Limited 1997 Case studies Research Strategic management Systems theory The case method plays a major role in the teaching of strategic management[ 1 , 2 ]. The significance of the role given to the use of case studies is evident from the texts which serve the subject, typically...

... Corporate culture Human relations Management development Systems theory Australia Management theory 10 MANAGEMENT DECISION 27,1 O rganisational development is taking a new direction, so which way is management development going? Management Development: A Look to the Future by David Limerick and Bert...

...J. Barton Cunningham; John Farquharson General systems theory offers one perspective for defining and understanding the problems that organisations face. The author presents a set of systems problem‐solving principles, and offers a procedure which might be useful when conventional problem‐solving...