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We want to approach our topic of leadership in complex business organizations by first looking at the economy as a whole. In widening our view to an environment which is infinitely more complex than even the biggest corporation, we hope to gain insights that can inform our later discussion of business interactions in more confined contexts.
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Strathausen, R. (2015). Change, As Planned and As Happens: A Plea for Human Values. In: Leading When You’re Not the Boss. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-1748-1_2
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