Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:22:38 BST CiteULike: ynagar 15320 http://www.citeulike.org/user/ynagar/tag/15320 CiteULike.org en-gb Copyright © 2004-2008 citeulike.org http://www.citeulike.org/user/ynagar/article/359059 <i>(16 August 2005)</i><br /><br />In this fascinating book, <i>New Yorker </i>business columnist James Surowiecki explores a deceptively simple idea: Large groups of people are <i>smarter</i> than an elite few, no matter how brilliant–better at solving problems, fostering innovation, coming to wise decisions, even predicting the future. <br><br>With boundless erudition and in delightfully clear prose, Surowiecki ranges across fields as diverse as popular culture, psychology, ant biology, behavioral economics, artificial intelligence, military history, and politics to show how this simple idea offers important lessons for how we live our lives, select our leaders, run our companies, and think about our world. The Wisdom of Crowds James Surowiecki (16 August 2005) 2005-10-21T05:49:06-00:00 2005 Anchor 15320 collective-intelligence crowdsourcing economics innomediation innovation open-source organization-theory wikinomics http://www.citeulike.org/user/ynagar/article/1289060 <i>(02 April 2004)</i><br /><br />A renowned visionary on organizational theory provides the first workable model for creating—and managing within—the organization of the future. <p> Malone shows us that our current notions about decentralization and empowerment merely scratch the surface of what will be possible as technological and economic forces render “command and control” management obsolete. <p> In its place will be a “coordinate and cultivate” approach that will spawn entirely new types of decentralized organizations—from internal markets to democracies to loose hierarchies—that reap the scale and knowledge efficiencies of large organizations while enabling the freedom, flexibility, and human values that drive smaller firms. The Future of Work: How the New Order of Business Will Shape Your Organization, Your Management Style and Your Life Thomas Malone (02 April 2004) 2007-05-11T02:22:23-00:00 2004 Harvard Business School Press 15320 collective-intelligence crowdsourcing open-source organization-theory sociology