{"product_id":"9783662731161","title":"Organizations are not Machines Organizations are Living Beings: Answers for a Turbulent World","description":"\u003ch1\u003eOrganizations are not Machines\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eOrganizations are Living Beings: Answers for a Turbulent World\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRenate Henning | Klaus Henning\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePsychology \/ Industrial \u0026amp; Organizational Psychology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrowing complexity and dynamism characterize this world and most organizations. This book aims to provide a better understanding of the associated increase in turbulence of organizations and how to master it. It shows that organizations are not machines but should be understood and managed as living beings. The authors describe how this systemic way of thinking has been found in many disciplines since the mid-1940s and, as a cybernetic approach, is networked with biological, sociological, psychological, technical, and chaos theory approaches.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDipl.-Päd. Renate Henning \u003c\/strong\u003efounded OSTO-Systemberatung GmbH in 1992. Shehas successfully handed over the company to the next generation, which uses theOSTO-system approach as the basis for her  consulting work in various companies.\u003cbr\u003eToday, she works as an independent consultant for companies, large hospitals, and public institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProf. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Henning\u003c\/strong\u003e was a professor at RWTH Aachen University for 25 years\u003cbr\u003eand has supervised over 150 dissertations. Among other things, he was dean of the\u003cbr\u003eFaculty of Mechanical Engineering for several years, a member of the presidium of the Association of German Engineers and has been working as a consultant for complex transformation processes for decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe authors have been working with organizations for many decades: many are looking for guidance on how to better understand and realign the complexity and dynamics of their specific business situation. In their consulting work, Renate and Klaus Henning use the OSTO system model, which they learned about from Heijo Rieckmann and have implemented and further developed in theory and practice together with many colleagues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20 August 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Berlin Heidelberg\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783662731161\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e119\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Berlin Heidelberg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46040737644684,"sku":"9783662731161","price":80.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783662731161.jpg?v=1781088232","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783662731161","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}