Download or read book Applied General Systems Research on Organizations written by S. Takahashi and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-06-28 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drastic changes of the societies in the new century require new paradigm in every area of social science. Organizations study is not exception. This book illustrates the cutting edge of organizations study beyond the traditional approaches in management science and general management theory. With an interdisciplinary approach emphasizing systemic properties of organizations such as interaction, hierarchy, network and emergence, it covers dynamic aspects of organizational learning and evolution as well as the decision making function and information processing process.