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Critical Systemic Inquiry
Klein, Louis/ Weiland, Christian A. P.
So what use is any survey, interview or questionnaire to find out anything about people, organisations or social systems, if we take into account that people lie? Acknowledging this fact of life the success of a method like Systemic Inquiry (SI) seems to be fundamentally flawed. A new White Paper Draft is looking at this substantial challenge to the recent advances in organisational development.
The next ERP - Organising for selfregulating social complexity
Klein, Louis (2013).
Enterprise resource planning has been a vast success for the last 20 years since the term ERP was coined in 1990. It is time for a next generation of ERP Systems and our research shows how advances in different fields enable the possibility to repeat the initial success of the first generation.
The Nepalese New Year-Bulletin II/2013
New Year's greetings from our office in Nepal's capital Kathmandu! In Nepal New Year is celebrated on the first day of the month Baisakh, mid-April according to the gregorian calender.
Management in times of austerity - A conversation with Prof. Timothy F. H. Allen
What can management do in times of austerity? According to Prof. Timothy F. H. Allen, the short answer is increasing efficiency based on an economy of scale. Using his personal home gardening and the history of the Roman Empire as examples, the following interview makes an enlightening systemic plea for smart organising that balances continuous improvement and innovation, excess and austerity.
The GRPI model – an approach for team development
Raue, Steve/ Tang, Suk-Han/ Weiland, Christian/ Wenzlik, Claas.
The following paper discusses the GRPI model describing the different dimensions characterising a team - goals, roles, processes and interactions – as a useful approach for team development.
The Chinese New Year-Bulletin I/2013
In the Chinese calendar, the year 2013 starts on February 10. As a transcultural organisation, SEgroup wants to join the festivities and welcomes all of you to the year of the snake.
The Three Inevitabilities of Human Being: A conceptual hierarchy model approaching social complexity
Klein, Louis (2012), in: Kybernetes, 41 (7/8), 977 – 984.
Thanksgiving-Bulletin II/2012
Thanksgiving is a time for celebration and reflection after a bountiful harvest. Growth is also a topical subject at the SEgroup. We have several new offices and a number of new consortial partners. This bulletin brings you coprorate news and presents some of our current research on change.
Thoughts on Resilient Practice Managing Complexity
Klein. Louis (2013).
This paper analyses and catalyses a discussion about the concept of resilience from a management and organisational science perspective. Gaining insides from psychology and ancient tradition of Zen, resilient practice is a promising answer to the challenges of complexity in project management and beyond.
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