Making Better Decisions Using Systems Thinking How to stop firefighting, deal with root causes and deliver permanent solutions /

• Main Authors: Schaveling, Jaap (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Bryan, Bill (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Operations research.; Decision making.; Knowledge management.; Operations Research/Decision Theory.; Knowledge Management.

This book shows how to understand systems in order to make smarter decisions. It offers managers intervention techniques that enable them to solve the core problem instead of wasting time constantly fighting the symptoms. The most obvious part of any problem is the pain it causes. The desire to end...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter1 Making better decisions using Systems Thinking
• Chapter2 What is systems thinking
• Chapter3 The evolutionary heritage
• Chapter4 Good management
• Chapter5 A systemic view of organisations
• Chapter 6 Impatient managers create chaos
• Chapter7 The Value Creation Model
• Chapter8 The value creation model in action
• Chapter9 What has been done when the work is done
• Chapter10 Driving forces that generate and sustain patterns
• Chapter11 Two driving forces in depth: Mental models and Team learning
• Chapter12 Looking under the surface of the lily pond
•  Chapter13 Pitfalls of short time horizon
• Chapter14 Adaptive leadership
• Chapter15 Systemic Pitfalls in Cooperation.