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The manager's guide to systems practice making sense of complex problems / by Frank Stowell and Christine Welch.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher number: EB00066738 | Recorded BooksPublication details: Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons, c2012.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781118345627 (ePub)
  • 1118345622 (ePub)
  • 9781118345610 (MobiPocket)
  • 1118345614 (MobiPocket)
  • 9781118347270 ( Adobe PDF)
  • 1118347277 ( Adobe PDF)
  • 9781119208327
  • 1119208327
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Managers guide to systems practiceDDC classification:
  • 658.4/032 23
LOC classification:
  • HD30.29
Online resources:
Contents:
pt. 1. Key systems ideas -- pt. 2. Systems thinking -- pt. 3. The contributions of philosophy and the social sciences -- pt. 4. Case studies.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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pt. 1. Key systems ideas -- pt. 2. Systems thinking -- pt. 3. The contributions of philosophy and the social sciences -- pt. 4. Case studies.

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.

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