The manager's guide to systems practice: making sense of complex problems
Stowell, Frank
This book is an ideal resource for busy managers whose time is scarce. It provides a rapid introduction to straightforward, yet powerful ideas that enable users to address real world problems. Systems theory and practice is predominantly a framework for thinking about the World, in which holistic views are maintained. In this respect it contrasts with some familiar techniques of management science, in which problem situations are broken down into their constituent parts with resultant loss of coherence. INDICE: Acknowledgements ixPreface xiiiPART I: Key Systems Ideas 1Understanding Things: The Managers Guide to Systems Practice 1Introducing some basic (but powerful) ideas 32 Models and Modelling 193 The Practice 33PART II: Systems Thinking 714 Thinking about Systems 735 Influential Ideas 101PART III: The Contributions of Philosophy and the Social Sciences 1296 Philosophical and Sociological Influences 1317 Systems Research 163PART IV: Case Studies 1838 Pulling it All Together 1859 Cases 209Glossary 231References 235Index 247
- ISBN: 978-1-118-34563-4
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 266
- Fecha Publicación: 22/06/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés