Managing in the face of complexity
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Managing in the face of complexity (part 6): Additional useful resources
Additional useful resources on management approaches, and useful websites.
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Managing in the face of complexity (part 5): Conclusions
Improved management in the face of complexity relies on more than awareness and knowledge of tools.
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Managing in the face of complexity (part 4.8): Appropriate approaches – 8. Networked management and co-management
A network approach to management involves granting considerable individual autonomy and integrating various channels for participation in key decision-making processes.
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Managing in the face of complexity (part 4.7): Appropriate approaches – 7. Capacity WORKS
In order to assure the quality of development interventions, the Capacity WORKS model operates with five success factors.
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Managing in the face of complexity (part 4.6): Appropriate approaches – 6. Viable System Model (VSM)
This long-established method identifies the core organisational requirements for social systems to be viable.
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Managing in the face of complexity (part 4.5): Appropriate approaches – 5. Deliberative processes
Key stakeholders should be brought together to discuss and consider appropriate action and policy responses: sharing knowledge, considering different perspectives,…
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Managing in the face of complexity (part 4.4): Appropriate approaches – 4. Solution Focus
Solution Focus is a powerful and proven approach to bring about change that avoids becoming locked in a problem-focused mode…
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Managing in the face of complexity (part 4.3): Appropriate approaches – 3. Strategic Assumption Surfacing And Testing (SAST)
SAST relies on dialectic rather than discussion and forces people to explore their underlying assumptions, which normally remain ignored or…
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Managing in the face of complexity (part 4.2): Appropriate approaches – 2. Problem-Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA)
Proposed as a way to avoid capability traps characterised by inappropriate transfers of best practice that fail to improve the…
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Managing in the face of complexity (part 4.1): Appropriate approaches – 1. Cynefin framework
The Cynefin framework summarises appropriate management responses to different levels of complexity.
