IAP Book Series
In 2004 the Institute for the Study of Coherence and Emergence (now the ISCE Group) signed a book series deal with Information Age Publishing. This series will primarily publish collections of papers concerning different aspects of the application of complexity thinking. On occasion the series will also include volumes written by single authors - an example of this is our recent title Organizations as Complex Systems: Social Cybernetics and Knowledge in Theory and Practice by Maurice Yolles (July 2006).

The IAP Managing the Complex book series was officially launched in June 2005. The following volumes are currently available / in production:

  • Volume 1: Managing Organizational Complexity: Philosophy, Theory and Application, Edited by Kurt Richardson, ISBN 1593113188 / 1593113196 Contents list is available here. Ordering from here. Published June 2005.
  • Volume 2: Organizations as Complex Systems: Social Cybernetics and Knowledge in Theory and Practice, Maurice Yolles. ISBN 1593114338 / 159311432X. Contents list is available here. A full index is available here. Ordering from here. Published July 2006.
  • Volume 3: Complexity and Policy Analysis: Decision Making in an Interconnected World, Edited by Kurt Richardson, Linda Dennard and Goktug Morcol. Due March 2008.
  • Volume 4: Complexity and Knowledge Management: Understanding the Role of Knowledge in the Mangement of Social Networks, Edited by Kurt Richardson and Andrew Tait. Calling notice for submissions. Due August 2008.

If you have an idea for a collection of papers or would like to submit a manuscript for publication then please contact us at mtc@isce.edu.