The Manager's Guide to Systems Practice : Making Sense of Complex Problems.
Title:
The Manager's Guide to Systems Practice : Making Sense of Complex Problems.
Author:
Stowell, Frank.
ISBN:
9781118347270
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (278 pages)
Contents:
The Manager's Guide to Systems Practice -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- PART I: KEY SYSTEMS IDEAS -- CHAPTER 1: Understanding Things: The Manager's Guide to Systems Practice -- CHAPTER 2: Models and Modelling -- CHAPTER 3: The Practice -- PART II: SYSTEMS THINKING -- CHAPTER 4: Thinking about Systems -- CHAPTER 5: Influential Ideas -- PART III: THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF PHILOSOPHY AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES -- CHAPTER 6: Philosophical and Sociological Influences -- CHAPTER 7: Systems Research -- PART IV: CASE STUDIES -- CHAPTER 8: Pulling it All Together -- CHAPTER 9: Cases -- Glossary -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
This book is an ideal resource on the subject of systems practice 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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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