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TY  - BOOK
ID  - 51572956
TI  - A perfect mess : the hidden benefits of disorder : how crammed closets, cluttered offices, and on-the-fly planning make the world a better place
AU  - Freedman, David H.
AU  - Abrahamson, Eric
PY  - 2008
SN  - 0316114758 9780316114752 0316013994 9780316013994
PB  - New York Little, Brown
DB  - UniCat
KW  - Conduct of life.
KW  - Moderation.
KW  - Order.
KW  - Orderliness.
KW  - Organizational effectiveness.
KW  - Success.
KW  - Orderliness
KW  - Order
KW  - Moderation
KW  - Success
KW  - Conduct of life
KW  - Organizational effectiveness
KW  - kunsttechniek
KW  - orde
KW  - rommel
KW  - wanorde
KW  - 130.2
KW  - 7.01
KW  - cultuurfilosofie
KW  - kunsttheorie
KW  - 7.02
KW  - kunst
KW  - kunstonderwijs
KW  - ontwerpen
KW  - ontwerpmethodologie
KW  - ontwerptechnieken
KW  - ontwerp
KW  - Management
KW  - Organization
KW  - Ethics, Practical
KW  - Morals
KW  - Personal conduct
KW  - Ethics
KW  - Philosophical counseling
KW  - Growth (Psychology)
KW  - Personal development
KW  - Personal growth
KW  - Self-improvement
KW  - Fortune
KW  - Failure (Psychology)
KW  - Fear of success
KW  - Golden mean
KW  - Mean, Golden
KW  - Clutter, Elimination of
KW  - Neatness
KW  - Tidiness
UR  - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:51572956
AB  - This book combines counterintuitive thinking with stories from everyday life to provide a striking new view of how our world works. Ever since Einstein's study of Brownian motion, scientists have understood that a little disorder actually makes systems more effective. With anecdotes and case studies of the useful role mess can play, here is an antidote to the accepted wisdom that tight schedules, neatness, and consistency are the keys to success. Drawing on examples from business, parenting, cooking, and the war on terrorism, coauthors Abrahamson and Freedman demonstrate that moderately messy systems use resources more efficiently, yield better solutions, and are harder to break than neat ones. This book will forever change the way we think about those unruly heaps of paper on our desks.--From publisher description.
ER  -