Richard T. Pascale (1999) identified four principles derived from complexity theory and applied them to change and innovation. The assumption that people tend towards organized systems, even without the need for control, as happens when people come together to help each other during a disaster, would be characteristic of which of the following?

a. Equilibrium equals death
b. Self-organization
c. Complex tasks need complex problem solving processes
d. Complex organization can only be disturbed, not directed


b. Self-organization

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B) $450 U
C) $500 F
D) $50 U

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