Study on Behavioral Risks Based on Complexity Theory

Abstract:

We attempt to study the participants behavioral risks of the complex project based on the theory of complexity analysis in this paper. First of all, through the review of literature we put forward the research contents of the complexity theory. Then, discuss the complexity characteristics of the project management; focus on the definition of the project complexity, the nonlinear characteristics of the project organization, the emergence and uncertainty characteristics of the complex project, etc. Finally, we point out that both from the perspective of theoretical research and project practice, the complexity analysis of project management has a positive significance.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 357-360)
• Pages: 2353-2357
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.357-360.2353
• Online since: August 2013
• Authors: Xu Dong He, Yuan Li Wang, Yuan Yuan Zhang
• Keywords: Behavioral Risk, Complexity Theory, Emergence, Participants of Project

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