Title:
Systems thinking : creative holism for managers
Author:
Jackson, Michael C., 1951-
ISBN:
9780470871447
9781280274046
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Chichester, West Sussex, England ; Hoboken, NJ : J. Wiley, ©2003.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxiii, 352 pages) : illustrations
Contents:
Systems Thinking: Creative Holism for Managers; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I Holism and Systems Practice; 1 The Systems Language; 2 Applied Systems Thinking; 3 Creativity and Systems; Part II Systems Approaches; Type A Improving Goal Seeking and Viability; Type B Exploring Purposes; Type C Ensuring Fairness; Type D Promoting Diversity; Part III Creative Holism; 14 Total Systems Intervention; 15 Critical Systems Practice; Conclusion; Index.
Abstract:
Systems Thinking, Systems Practice "Whether by design, accident or merely synchronicity, Checkland appears to have developed a habit of writing seminal publications near the start of each decade which establish the basis and framework for systems methodology research for that decade.
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