Artificial Intelligence In Organization And Management Theory

Download or read book Artificial Intelligence in Organization and Management Theory written by Michael Masuch and published by North Holland. This book was released on 1992 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers collected in this book form an international overview of recent research into Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Organization and Management Theory. AI is rapidly changing the face of both the modern organization and of organizational research. Conversely, modern organizations are increasingly serving as a paradigm for parallel computer hardware and software.Important topics presently emerging are:bull; Knowledge-based systems in organizations and for organization theorybull; Coordination Theory (using human organizations as paradigms for computer architecture and vice versa)bull; Connectionism (parallel distributed processes in organizations)bull; Logic, scripts and other formal languages for describing and understanding organizational behaviorbull; Heuristic simulation for strategic management and organizational designbull; Machine learning versus organizational learning.Brought together in this book are papers from leading researchers in Europe and North-America.