Disorder and Management: approaching computer software through Lao Tzu, Heraclitus and Gorgias

Marshall, J

Disorder and Management: approaching computer software through Lao Tzu, Heraclitus and Gorgias

Marshall, J

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Citation:: Leadership through the Classics: Learning Management and Leadership from Ancient East and West Philo, 2012, 1, pp. 459 - 474
Issue Date:: 2012-01

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dc.contributor.author	Marshall, J https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3914-7697	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Prastacos, GP	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Wang, F	en_US
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dc.description.abstract	We live within a time of intense flux and unpredictable change. It is doubtful whether our techniques of management deal with such times very well, as they tend to look for eternal truths and forms of action and control. This paper asks whether our situation might be improved by looking to pre-Platonic philosophical sources for guidance; in this case the writings of Lao Tzu, Heraclitus and Gorgias. After exploring this background the paper considers the ways that people manage software installations, as these are exemplars of chaotic systems with unintended and often disruptive effects. The conclusion is that these ancient philosophers have something to say to us about the way our attempts to create order actually create disorder. Order and disorder are not opposites which negate each other, but are intertwined in an âorder/disorderâ complex.	en_US
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dc.title	Disorder and Management: approaching computer software through Lao Tzu, Heraclitus and Gorgias	en_US
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Abstract:

We live within a time of intense flux and unpredictable change. It is doubtful whether our techniques of management deal with such times very well, as they tend to look for eternal truths and forms of action and control. This paper asks whether our situation might be improved by looking to pre-Platonic philosophical sources for guidance; in this case the writings of Lao Tzu, Heraclitus and Gorgias. After exploring this background the paper considers the ways that people manage software installations, as these are exemplars of chaotic systems with unintended and often disruptive effects. The conclusion is that these ancient philosophers have something to say to us about the way our attempts to create order actually create disorder. Order and disorder are not opposites which negate each other, but are intertwined in an âorder/disorderâ complex.

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