Managing Complexity in Social Systems: Leverage Points for Policy and Strategy
Second revised and updated edition, published 4 May 2023
Why do policies and strategies often fail, and what can be done about it? How can complexity be managed in cases where it cannot be reduced? From organizational addiction to market failure, from limits to growth to the rebound effect, from tragedy of the commons to path dependence, answers are anything but trivial, and can only be found by combining insights from complexity science, system dynamics, system theory and systems thinking. The second edition has been updated and extended to thoroughly analyze super wicked problems such as global climate change and extremely rapid spread of epidemics. Furthermore, it offers a novel integration of Peter Senge's concept of systems archetypes with Horst Rittel's concept of wicked problems.
Details about the book (Springer Nature)