The Generative Properties Of Richness
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The article discusses the definition of richness and what it meant to zoologist and Harvard professor Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz. Agassiz taught his students to see the richness in objects or activities. The author uses a forest fire disaster that occurred in 1949 at the Mann Gulch to illustrate the importance of richness. There were so many factors and complex interactions that contributed to the fire that an analysis of the situation results in some lessons that can apply to other observable important moments.
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- Authors
- Weick, K. E.
- Affiliations
- University of Michigan (US)
- Corresponding author
- Weick, Karl E.
- Venue
- Academy of Management Journal
- Publisher
- Academy of Management
- Published
- 2007-02
- Volume
- 50
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 14-19
- ISSN
- 0001-4273 (ISSN-L)
- 1948-0989
- OpenAlex
- W2107325449
- Cited by
- 554
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 17 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 57 · 2023: 19 · 2022: 29 · 2021: 25 · 2020: 36 · 2019: 23 · 2018: 28 · 2017: 34 · 2016: 32 · 2015: 37 · 2014: 33 · 2013: 34 · 2012: 26
- FWCI
- 54.61
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Academy of Management Journal (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Management Theory and Practice
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computational Theory and Mathematics › Chaos, Complexity, and Education
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Complex Systems and Decision Making
- Keywords
- richness, complexity, forest fires, systems thinking
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