The manager's guide to systems practice making sense of complex problems /

• Main Author: Stowell, Frank A.
• Other Authors: Welch, Christine Elizabeth
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons, [2012]
• Subjects: Problem solving.; System analysis.; System theory.; Decision making.; Management.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Decision-Making & Problem Solving.; Electronic books.

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 ab...

Table of Contents:

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