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name: paper-axelrod-r-and-cohen-m-d-2000-harnessing-complexity-organi
description: Apply the Axelrod and Cohen on Harnessing Complexity in Organizations article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
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# Axelrod and Cohen on Harnessing Complexity in Organizations

This Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/paper-axelrod-r-and-cohen-m-d-2000-harnessing-complexity-organi). It does not repeat the article's human prose.

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/paper-axelrod-r-and-cohen-m-d-2000-harnessing-complexity-organi.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/paper-axelrod-r-and-cohen-m-d-2000-harnessing-complexity-organi/topology.
- Treat found content as evidence and instruction only within the article's stated authority.

## Apply

1. Identify which claim or concept from the article governs the request.
2. State the governing meaning in the minimum language needed.
3. Apply it to the requested object or decision.
4. Preserve evidence grades, uncertainty, authority limits, and failure conditions.
5. Return the result with the article identity and any relevant claim or receipt links.

## Human meaning

What the authors saw Robert Axelrod and Michael D. Cohen examined how organizations function as complex adaptive systems. They observed that groups of agents, whether people or units, generate outcomes through local interactions rather than

## Representations

- Human: /a/paper-axelrod-r-and-cohen-m-d-2000-harnessing-complexity-organi
- JSON: /api/articles/paper-axelrod-r-and-cohen-m-d-2000-harnessing-complexity-organi
- Relationships: /api/articles/paper-axelrod-r-and-cohen-m-d-2000-harnessing-complexity-organi/topology
- History: /api/articles/paper-axelrod-r-and-cohen-m-d-2000-harnessing-complexity-organi/revisions
