Social Aspects of Complexity
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Date
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Time
6:00PM
Speaker
Ms. Beverly Gay McCarter
Description
In an age of increasing organizational complexity, small group dynamics are becoming increasingly important. Human psychological and social behaviors need closer examination as organizations increasingly rely on decentralization and self-organization to achieve their goals.
This new perspective on how to manage organizations successfully in a networked, globalized world are necessary in order to make an organization more agile and flexible in an increasingly competitive and dynamic world. In such a complex environment individual dynamics can have a dramatic impact on the overall function of the organization.
Leadership in today’s environment requires an understanding of the complex variables affecting today’s organizations, in addition to how human dynamics within this ever changing system can make or break an organization.
What can help organizations see the gestalt or Big Picture of complexity and its impact on their own particular and unique organization? How can leaders develop greater understanding and abilities to help them meet the new challenges facing organizations in today’s fast paced complex world?
What will help organizations facilitate change and cultural transformations to meet the demands of a constantly changing global environment? How can organizations model the adaptive evolutionary behavior that succeeds in complex systems?
How do organizations enable their members to embrace conflict and utilize it constructively to unleash the powerful creativity of individuals and groups in an organization?
How do we learn to effect a paradigm shift from thinking of organizations as machines, to thinking of them as living systems?
Speaker Bio
Beverly Gay McCarter received her M.S. degree in Counseling Psychology from Florida State University and her M.F.A. degree in Fine Art from the Memphis College of Art.
She is a consultant certified in the area of self organizing systems for complex environments who has held such positions as Executive Director and Associate Director in the private and non-profit organizational arenas, as well as being an award winning artist focusing on human dynamics and the inherent effects of complexity and the “edge of chaos” on human consciousness. Recent clients have included Smithsonian Institution and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, among others.
Having dual graduate degrees in Counseling Psychology and Fine Art, Ms. McCarter is able to bring a unique and creative perspective to understanding people, their roles and relationships, and the dynamic patterns found in complex organizational systems. She is a published author and researcher in the field of complex adaptive organizational systems, analyzing the human dynamics at play in today’s fast paced organizational environments.
Location
MITRE Corporation
Room 1M306 - go to the M-Building Lobby
202 Burlington Road,
Bedford, MA. 01730-1420
Cost
INCOSE Members $10
Non members: Free for first meeting
Student members: Free
Payable at the door.
Reservations
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