Invisible patterns : ecology and wisdom in business and profit
Ecology represents a true megatrend of increasing strength—a megatrend that impacts new products and production methods, new markets and marketing, new legislation, and new business ethics and business structures.
xiv, 206 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780899309163, 089930916X
32051113
Foreword / Gerhard Heiberg
I. Ecology Is the Megatrend. 1. The New Megatrend. 2. Concepts of Help. 3. A Brief Lesson on Ecosystems. 4. Organizational Ecology
II. Organizations as Ecosystems. 5. Common Interests and Conflict Solving. 6. Self-Organizing. 7. Optimums, Not Maximums or Minimums. 8. Feedback and Openness. 9. The Role of Diversity. 10. Conditions for Results. 11. Function Replacement to Prevent Resistance
III. Ancient Man in Modern Organizations. 12. Territories. 13. Hierarchies. 14. Ecologically Sound Working Environments. 15. Thinking and Problem Solving
IV. Organizational Ecology and Strategic Leadership. 16. Strategy: Formality or Reality. 17. Implementation, Flexibility, and Resistance. 18. 3rd Order Processes in Organizations
V. The Ecological Path. 19. Ecological Values. 20. Business Ethics in the Age of Ecology
VI. Profit, Ethics, and Eco-Problems. 21. Green, Ethical, and Profitable
App. 1. Axioms of Organizational Ecology