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In order to take informed action to facilitate resilience and long-term sustainability, it is vital that one understands the
interdependence, interconnectivity and co-evolution of complex human and ecological systems. During this course, participants
will learn how to understand organisations as complex social systems within a social ecosystem. This will enable them to work
with and apply principles of complexity in their own workplaces or communities with remarkable results.
The group will engage with the ten principles of complexity theory and discuss practical examples that illustrate these principles. They will then use real-life case
studies to demonstrate different models of organisation and leadership and to explore how different enabling environments can promote or hinder sustainability.
Throughout the course, participants will work in small groups to explore practical challenges and reflect together on why they appear intractable and how a complexity
perspective can address them more successfully.
Teacher
Prof. Eve Mitleton-Kelly is Director of the Complexity Research Programme at the London School of Economics and visiting Professor at the Open University. She
was Executive Coodinator of the Society for Organisational Learning-London from 1977-2008, and has been Policy Advisor to European and USA organisations, the
European Commission, and several UK Government Departments. Her research has concentrated on addressing apparently intractable problems in business and the
public sector and the creation of enabling environments based on complexity science. She has developed a theory of complex social systems and a methodology to
address complex social problems which is being used for teaching at universities around the world. Publications and the work of the LSE Complexity Group is at
http://www.lse.ac.uk/complexity
Course Fees
750
All course fees include accommodation, food, field trips and all teaching sessions.
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