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This volume offers a unique collection of outstanding contributions
from renowned women mathematicians who met in Cambridge for a
conference under the auspices of European Women in Mathematics
(EWM). These contributions serve as excellent surveys of their
subject areas, including symplectic topology, combinatorics and
number theory.The volume moreover sheds light on prominent women
mathematicians who worked in Cambridge in the late 19th and early
20th centuries by providing an insightful historical introduction
at the beginning of the volume.The volume concludes with short
contributions from women mathematicians from across Europe working
in various areas of mathematics ranging from group theory to
magnetic fields.
"A truly expansive and valuable book that challenges the
assumptions and constraints of current leadership thinking... Its
focus on integrating theory and practice is particularly helpful in
linking its key ideas to current public sector management
concerns."-Gareth Morgan, Author of Images of Organization "While
other authors have offered general principles of systemic
leadership or given readers single approaches, Hobbs is much more
ambitious: she brings together diverse, well-tested theoretical,
methodological and practical approaches to provide today's leaders
with a multifaceted resource that can aid them in thinking
systemically. In this respect, her book is a significant advance on
previous offerings, and I wholeheartedly recommend it to leaders,
aspiring leaders and leadership academics around the world."-Gerald
Midgley, University of Hull, UK "This is an impressive and
innovative work that draws together the disparate strands of
complexity theory, systems thinking and operational research to
build an adaptive social learning approach for local governance,
helping to shift it from a service-led to systemic-deliberative
model. This is essential reading for local government actors,
students of local policy and for the public policy
generalist."-Robert Geyer, Lancaster University, UK Addressing
matters of complexity systemically rather than mechanistically is
now an ethical and practical paradigm-changing challenge for public
policy. This optimistic book explores how action could be led in a
joined-up way, signposting resources to thinking differently.
Attention is paid to leading the design of adaptive social learning
around what matters, re-connecting with public purpose to enable
tailoring towards contemporary needs and constraints. Relevant to
postgraduates, academics, local government managers, curious
practitioners and the wider public, private and third sectors where
there is interest in interpreting leadership via the cognitive
capabilities of Systems Science.
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