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Learning from Complexity theory : Is Strategic Planning Obsolete? During the last few years, twentieth century scientific thinking has been creating ripples and raising ques- tions in the business world. These ripples, in the form of Complexity theory (which includes chaos theory ). have challenged the notions of scientific management, including Strategic Planning . Complexity theory sug- gests that a predictable, orderly universe is over, and with it Strategic Planning . Scientific management, as a discipline, began with theorists like Taylor and managers like Fayol who saw Strategic Planning as predict- ing the future, setting goals, and describing how to get there. This orderly process corresponded to New- ton's laws in which he applied the principle of gravity and laws of motion to predict an orderly and controlled universe.
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