Mastering Organizational Complexity: A Core Competence for 21st Century Leaders

On Monday, August 12, Markus Spiegel and Wes Siegal  will participate in a seminar of authors from the 21st edition of Research in Organizational Change and Development, presenting highlilghts from their chapter in that volume, Mastering Organizational Complexity: A Core Competence for 21st Century Leaders.

Abstract:

Organizations today operate in highly dynamic environments and are becoming more complex. Helping their organizations master this complexity is a major leadership challenge. To better understand how managers’ behaviors aggravate or reduce complexity, we reviewed 1,400 responses to a proprietary organizational complexity survey. Analysis identified specific managers’ behaviors that contribute to perceived complexity. We draw from these findings, literature on complex adaptive systems, and our consulting experiences to identify specific strategies managers can use to make it simpler for people to get things done, and even to “master” complexity by turning it into a source of strategic advantage.

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