Entropy Vector, The: Connecting Science And Business - Hardcover

Robert D. Handscombe; Eann A. Patterson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9812385711 ISBN 13: 9789812385710

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, 2004

Synopsis

How do managers and entrepreneurs evaluate risk, encourage creativity or manage change? Might a better grasp of science help? The authors of this book suggest that there is real value in trying to connect science to business and that science is far too important just to be left to the scientists.All of science is too large a prospect, so the authors limit themselves to looking at disorder. We must all learn to manage and control change, and there is plenty of social, technical and business change going on. The authors suggest that a clearer understanding of entropy and the choices it presents will assist in that management of change ― or, as they put it, to manage disorder one needs to control the entropy vector.This book is for scientists and engineers aspiring to business success and for business people interested in new approaches.

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Synopsis

There is real value in trying to connect science to business, and this should not be overlooked in the drive to connect business to science. Science is far too important just to be left to the scientists. All of science is too large a prospect, so the authors of this book limit themselves to looking at disorder. We must all learn to manage and control change, and there is plenty of social, technical and business change going on. The authors suggest that a clearer understanding of entropy and the choices it presents will assist in that management of change - or, as they put it, to manage disorder one needs to control the entropy vector.

Edition details

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9812385711
• ISBN 13: 9789812385710
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 200