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Complex thinking, complex practice: The
, 2001
"... case for a narrative approach to organizational complexity ..."
A capacity theory of comprehension: Individual differences in working memory
- Psychological Review
, 1992
"... A theory of the way working memory capacity constrains comprehension is proposed. The theory proposes that both processing and storage are mediated by activation and that the total amount of activation available in working memory varies among individuals. Individual differences in working memory cap ..."
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how it adapts to the transient computational and storage demands that occur in comprehension. Working memory plays a central role in all forms of complex thinking, such as reasoning, problem solving, and language comprehension. However, its function in language comprehension is especially evident
Bayesian Data Analysis
, 1995
"... I actually own a copy of Harold Jeffreys’s Theory of Probability but have only read small bits of it, most recently over a decade ago to confirm that, indeed, Jeffreys was not too proud to use a classical chi-squared p-value when he wanted to check the misfit of a model to data (Gelman, Meng and Ste ..."
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the following: (1) in thinking about prior distributions, we should go beyond Jeffreys’s principles and move toward weakly informative priors; (2) it is natural for those of us who work in social and computational sciences to favor complex models, contra Jeffreys’s preference for simplicity; and (3) a key
Open Access Youths, Cultural Diversity, and Complex Thinking^
"... Abstract: Most people support the idea that we live in a complex society and that complex evaluations and strategies are needed in order to effectively address most societal problems. However, little attention is generally paid to the degree of presence of complex thinking in youths ’ attitudes towa ..."
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Abstract: Most people support the idea that we live in a complex society and that complex evaluations and strategies are needed in order to effectively address most societal problems. However, little attention is generally paid to the degree of presence of complex thinking in youths ’ attitudes
Complexity Thinking and Military Operational Analysis
, 2003
"... This paper will take the view that common to many of the new challenges facing analysts is the apparent compositional and behavioural complexity of the systems of interest. The principle characteristics of complex systems are therefore be considered at some length. By assuming the ubiquity of comple ..."
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This paper will take the view that common to many of the new challenges facing analysts is the apparent compositional and behavioural complexity of the systems of interest. The principle characteristics of complex systems are therefore be considered at some length. By assuming the ubiquity
Effects of Racial Diversity on Complex Thinking in
"... ABSTRACT—An experiment varying the racial (Black, White) and opinion composition in small-group discussions was conducted with college students (N5 357) at three universities to test for effects on the perceived novelty of group members ’ contributions to discussion and on participants ’ integrative ..."
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’ integrative complexity. Re-sults showed that racial and opinion minorities were both per-ceived as contributing to novelty. Generally positive effects on integrative complexity were found when the groups had racial-and opinion-minority members and when members reported having racially diverse friends
Reductionism and Complex Thinking in ERP Systems Implementations
"... Este artigo contrasta pensamento complexo e reducionismo em processos amplos de transformação organizacional, focalizando a onda dos Sistemas Empresariais (ERP). Implementações de ERP têm representado imensos investimentos para empresas em todo o mundo nos últimos anos, e têm sido promovidas como pa ..."
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-chaves: sistemas empresariais; modas gerenciais; reducionismo; pensamento complexo. BSTRACT This paper contrasts complex thinking and reductionism during broad organizational transformation processes, focusing on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) rage. ERP implementations have resulted in huge investments
Effects of racial diversity on complex thinking in college students
- Psychological Science
, 2004
"... ABSTRACT—An experiment varying the racial (Black, White) and opinion composition in small-group discussions was conducted with college students (N 5 357) at three universities to test for effects on the perceived novelty of group members ’ contributions to discussion and on participants ’ integrativ ..."
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’ integrative complexity. Results showed that racial and opinion minorities were both perceived as contributing to novelty. Generally positive effects on integrative complexity were found when the groups had racialand opinion-minority members and when members reported having racially diverse friends
Complexity Thinking: A Middle Way for Analysts
"... This paper explores the implications of the incompressibility of complex systems for the analysis and modelling of such systems. In particular, a provisional epistemology (theory of knowledge) will be developed that attempts to remain faithful to the limitations derived from this aspect of complexit ..."
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of complexity science. We will argue that such an investigation of complex systems highlights the relevance of paradigmatic pluralism or eclecticism, analytical creativity and boundary critique, and therefore has some affinity to the writings on affirmative postmodernism. Complexity thinking (i.e. thinking
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