Systems Approaches to Management

• Main Author: Jackson, Michael C. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2000.
• Subjects: Business.; Management.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Sociology.; Business and Management.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Sociology, general.

Table of Contents:

• Overviews
• Orientation and Structure
• Relevant Social Theory
• Origins in the Disciplines
• Applied Systems Thinking
• Systems Approaches
• The Functionalist Systems Approach
• The Interpretive Systems Approach
• The Emancipatory Systems Approach
• The Postmodern Systems Approach
• Critical Systems Thinking
• The Origins of Critical Systems Thinking
• Contemporary Critical Systems Thinking and Practice
• Critical Systems Practice: Three Illustrative Case Studies
• Conclusion.