Rolf Pfeifer

Josh Bongard

Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Rolf Pfeifer

Simon Grand

An exploration of embodied intelligence and its implications points toward a theory of intelligence in general; with case studies of intelligent systems in ubiquitous computing, business and management, human memory, and robotics. How could the body influence our thinking when it seems obvious that the brain controls the body? In How the Body Shapes the Way We Think, Rolf Pfeifer and Josh Bongard demonstrate that thought is not independent of the body but is tightly constrained, and at the same time enabled, by it. They argue that the kinds of thoughts we are capable of have their foundation in our embodiment--in our morphology and the material properties of our bodies. This crucial notion of embodiment underlies fundamental changes in the field of artificial intelligence over the past two decades, and Pfeifer and Bongard use the basic methodology of artificial intelligence--"understanding by building"--to describe their insights. If we understand how to design and build intelligent systems, they reason, we will better understand intelligence in general. In accessible, nontechnical language, and using many examples, they introduce the basic concepts by building on recent developments in robotics, biology, neuroscience, and psychology to outline a possible theory of intelligence. They illustrate applications of such a theory in ubiquitous computing, business and management, and the psychology of human memory. Embodied intelligence, as described by Pfeifer and Bongard, has important implications for our understanding of both natural and artificial intelligence.

A New View of Intelligence

How the Body Shapes the Way We Think

The dynamic interplay of routines, strategies and management allows companies to successfully move forward within their industries. This book contributes to a coherent conceptualization of strategy, organization and management from a practice perspective, identifying strategy as realized in the action. Simon Grand provides a theoretical framework and detailed exploration in the context of two attractive empirical cases. He discusses topics such as theorizing routine dynamics, managerial engagement and managing routines as strategies to provide a detailed exploration of the importance of organizational routines for strategy. This book will be of interest to researchers in the areas of organizational studies, strategic management, technological innovation and the creative industries. The empirical case studies will also be of use to students and scholars of various disciplines.

Engaging for Recurrent Creation ‘At the Edge’

Routines, Strategies and Management

Johannes Rüegg-Stürm

Organisationale Wertschöpfung wird zunehmend komplexer. Das St. Galler Management-Modell präsentiert dafür zwei Perspektiven: Die Aufgabenperspektive erörtert die Gestaltungsfelder einer integrativen Management-Praxis im Zusammenspiel von Umwelt, Organisation und Management. Die Praxisperspektive beleuchtet die Voraussetzungen einer wirksamen und verantwortungsbewussten Management-Praxis.

The St. Gallen Management-Model

Managing in a Complex World

Management in einer komplexen Welt

Das St. Galler Management-Modell

Simon Grand

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