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Webinar on Strategy, Organization and Complexity

  • 1.  Webinar on Strategy, Organization and Complexity

    Posted 03-15-2021 01:33
    The Strategy Group at Cranfield School of Management (UK) invites you to the webinar series that explores new developments in scholarship at the intersection of strategy, organization and complexity.

    Webinar: Critical Systems Thinking and the Management of Complexity

    Speaker: Professor Michael C. Jackson, University of Hull & Systems Research Ltd.


    Description: This talk discusses the nature of complexity, the development of systems thinking, the emergence of critical systems thinking, and how to conduct interventions on the basis of critical systems practice. The world has become increasingly networked and unpredictable. Leaders of international bodies such as the UN, OECD, UNESCO and WHO, and of major business, public sector, charitable, and professional organizations, have all declared systems thinking an essential leadership skill for managing the complexity of the interrelated economic, social, and environmental issues they face.

    Time: Monday, 22 March 2021; 8 am (Pacific) / 11 am (Eastern) / 3pm (London) / 8.30 pm (New Delhi). The webinar is scheduled for 1 h 30 min (including Q&A).


    Registration: Please register here to receive a personalized link and a reminder prior to the event.


    About the speaker

    Michael C. Jackson is Emeritus Professor at the University of Hull and MD of Systems Research Ltd. He graduated from Oxford University, gained an MA from Lancaster University and a PhD from Hull, and has worked in the civil service, in academia and as a consultant. Between 1999 and 2011, Mike was Dean of Hull University Business School, leading it to triple-crown accreditation. Mike has been President of the International Federation for Systems Research and the International Society for the Systems Sciences. He was editor-in-chief of Systems Research and Behavioral Science for 26 years. In 2011 he was awarded an OBE for services to higher education and business. In 2017 he received the Beale Medal of the UK Operational Research Society for 'a sustained contribution over many years to the theory, practice, and philosophy of Operational Research'. Mike is known as a key figure in the development of 'critical systems thinking' - a topic on which he has published ten books and over 150 articles. His latest book Critical Systems Thinking and the Management of Complexity was published by Wiley in 2019.

    About Cranfield Strategy Group

    The Strategy Group at Cranfield School of Management has been long recognized as a centre of excellence for research, teaching and executive development in Strategic Management. Recognizing the complex nature of the social world, we view Strategic Management as "guided emergence" and are interested in advancing the knowledge of organizational processes and managerial decisions and actions in a way that enable strategists to be effective in a world they cannot control. Our research focuses on the nature of competitive advantage, the processes of value creation and value capture, the evolution of strategic intent, and various aspects of emergent strategy, such as organizational values, sensemaking, and strategic change.

    If you have any questions about this event, please contact Claire Angus (c.angus@cranfield.ac.uk)



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    Ibrat Djabbarov
    PhD Candidate
    Cranfield School of Management
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