Systems Approaches to Managing Change: A Practical Guide

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Reynolds, Martin (Editor), Holwell, Sue (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Application software.; Computers and civilization.; Computer Science.; Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences.; Computers and Society.; Computer Science, general.

In a world of increasing complexity, instant information availability and constant flux, systems approaches provide the opportunity of a tangible anchor of purpose and iterate learning. The five approaches outlined in the book offer a range of interchangeable tools with rigorous frameworks of applic...

Table of Contents:

• Introducing Systems Approaches
• System Dynamics
• The Viable System Model
• Strategic Options Development and Analysis
• Soft Systems Methodology
• Critical Systems Heuristics
• Epilogue: Systems Approaches and Systems Practice.