... implications The findings are of value to educators, practitioners and researchers who seek a practical approach to integrating complexity theory into modern project management practices. Social implications An individual's educational choices – and institutional policies – are now caught up...

... Learning environments Creativity Self‐organization Complexity theory Information and communication technology (ICT) has become an essential part of a university education. Given the speed of technical development and rapid growth of information and knowledge, it is obvious that higher education...

.... Tom P. Abeles can be contacted at: tabeles@gmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Education Organizational change Innovation Complexity theory Universities George Land, in his book Grow or Die (Land, 1986), pointed out that organisms need to continue to grow...

...Anne Jasman; Peter McIlveen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to open up the question of how we prepare people to be resilient, flexible and capable of managing the uncertainties and complexities of the twenty‐first century by using both futures studies and complexity theory as a backdrop...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Chaos theory Complexity theory Higher education Problem solving … it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity (Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities). And so it goes. Yes, we live in a time...

... models appears to dominate current knowledge worker development system discussions. Arthur M. Harkins is the corresponding author and can be contacted at: lfi@umn.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Complexity theory Knowledge processes Forward planning Knowledge mapping...

... streams equal, distance students sometimes feel disadvantaged compared to those who study on campus. Irina Elgort can be contacted at: irina.elgort@vuw.ac.nz Complexity theory Education Postgraduates Curriculum development Course assessment was designed to influence the quantity...

... Complexity theory Adolescents Schools In order to begin to discuss “capability” in young people, I must first put the term in context. For more than 45 years, Bioss (originally the Brunel Institute of Organization and Social Studies) has been developing and using a theory of capability –which other...

... to attach it to a computer to interpret a cryptic code set. The car may require a chip or sensor replacement, which is also a mystery to us. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Computers Complexity theory Artificial intelligence Robotics Education An air force pilot is flying...

..., where the adaptive decision‐making process takes place. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Higher education Management development Complexity theory Decision making Motivation (psychology) As management sciences evolve from a manufacturing, task‐based orientation...

... writers have characterized this new area of science as critical to our future, starting with Weaver: Complexity theory Chaos theory Education In fact, the science came from innumerable sources: Mathematicians studying nonlinear equations. Physicists attempting to solve the three...

... localized complexity is often as simple as thinking about solutions from a user or customer perspective (Singer and Reger, 2009a). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Complexity theory Process management Today's information age brings with it an ever‐expanding portfolio...

... Limited 2007 Social anthropology Complexity theory The aim in the science of chaos and complexity is to get at the “deep simplicity” or order underlying complex phenomena in nature (Gribbin, 2004). Judging from a recent collection edited by Susan McKinnon and Sydel Silverman (2005...

... in Washington: Africa, Latin America, Europe/Asia/Pacific; and with the Center for Field Assistance and Applied Research, which among other functions, collects and shares best field practices in programming and training. Action learning Complexity theory Epistemology Knowledge management Workplace...