Managing Chaos
Lessons From Movies on Chaos Theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11104272 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Harri Raisio (0000-0002-3331-7747, University of Vaasa, corresponding author), Niklas L P Lundström (0000-0003-4040-8142, University of Vaasa), Niklas Lundström (University of Vaasa) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 296-315 |
| Publication date | 2017-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Administration & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0095-3997 • E-ISSN: 1552-3039 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0095399714541269 |
| OpenAlex | W2098777458 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 35 |
Could public administration research gain something by analyzing issues, practices, and events in ways “beyond the usual”? Could we learn something by analyzing movies? As public administration researchers, we are curious to see what lessons can be drawn from movies based on chaos theory. In this article, three movies, Chaos Theory, The Butterfly Effect, and Mr. Nobody, are analyzed. Analyzing these movies provides two advantages. First, it illustrates the content of chaos theory in an easy-to-understand format. Second, it links the actions in the movies with those of public officials in the real world, providing ideal models of “chaos management.”
Butterfly effect · CHAOS (operating system · Chaos theory · Chaotic · Computer security · Epistemology · Ideal (ethics · nobody · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Artificial Intelligence · Complex Systems and Decision Making · Computer Science · Management and Organizational Studies · Philosophy
At Home in the Universe
Complexity Theory and the Social Sciences
Positive Feedbacks in the Economy
Fisheries and coastal governance as a wicked problem
Complexity Theory and Public Management
Chaos Theory and Leadership Studies
The Ten Masks of Administrative Evil
Public Administration and Film, Part 1
Applying Film to Public Administration
Portraits of Politicians, Administrators, and Citizens
Jurassic Park and the moveable feast of science
Goldilocks Loses Her Paradigm
Governance Capabilities for Dealing Wisely With Wicked Problems
Designing and Implementing E-Government Systems
Public Administration and “The Lives of Others”
Problems, problems, problems
Fiction and Imagination
Dilemmas in a general theory of planning
Wicked Problems
| Citations per year | 0.29 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |