TY - BOOK AU - Wheatley,Margaret J. TI - Leadership and the new science SN - 1576751198 AV - HD57.7 .W47 2000 U1 - 500 21 PY - 2000/// CY - San Francisco, Calif., London PB - Berrett-Koehler, McGraw-Hill KW - Science KW - Organization KW - Quantum theory KW - Self-organizing systems KW - Chaotic behavior in systems KW - Armies KW - fast N1 - Previous ed.: 1999; Introduction: Searching for a Simpler Way to Lead Organizations --; 1; Discovering an Orderly World --; 2; Newtonian Organizations in a Quantum Age --; 3; Space Is Not Empty: Invisible Fields That Shape Behavior --; 4; The Participative Nature of the Universe --; 5; Change, Stability, and Renewal: The Paradoxes of Self-Organizing Systems --; 6; The Creative Energy of the Universe -- Information --; 7; Chaos and the Strange Attractor of Meaning --; 8; Change -- The Capacity of Life --; 9; The New Scientific Management --; Epilogue: Journeying to a New World --; Further Development of These Ideas and Practices N2 - "Leadership and the New Science is the guide to applying the new science to organizations of all types, and to our personal lives. Wheatley describes how the new science radically alters our understanding of the world, and how it can teach us to live and work well together in these chaotic times. It will teach you how to move with greater certainty and easier grace into the new forms of organizations and communities that are taking shape."--BOOK JACKET UR - http://firstsearch.oclc.org/WebZ/DECRead?standardNoType=1&standardNo=1576751198&sessionid=0&srcdbname=worldcat&key=4fe52044b534b6b2768c2096b560d99dc68b6357a1527fb9ca4081c19ae013d3&ectype=MOREINFO UR - http://firstsearch.oclc.org/WebZ/DCARead?standardNoType=1&standardNo=1576751198:srcdbname=worldcat:fromExternal=true&sessionid=0 ER -