Human systems management : integrating knowledge, management and systems / by Milan Zeleny.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zeleny, Milan, 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knowledge management.

System theory.

Organizational effectiveness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (484 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

HSM

Place of Publication:

Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific Pub., c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Human Systems Management is an important work that integrates knowledge, management and systems into a unified world of thinking and action in business, decision-making and economics. It presents a modern synthesis of the fields of knowledge management, systems science and human organization. A biological rather than mechanistic perspective pervades the text. New and original ideas and approaches are presented with the simplicity and clarity typical of the well-known author.

Contents:

Dedication; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Contents; CHAPTER 1 PRODUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE: Moving from Data and Information to Knowledge and Wisdom; CHAPTER 2 MANAGEMENT OF SYSTEMS: Global Management Paradigm; CHAPTER 3 PRODUCING NETWORKS: Management and Self-Production in Networks; CHAPTER 4 PRODUCING DECISIONS: Multiple Criteria. Tradeoffs and Conflicts; CHAPTER 5 ATTAINING WISDOM: Wisdom of Management Systems; APPENDIX (Selected Formal Models); Author's Biography; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611372972

9781281372970

1281372978

9789812703538

9812703535

OCLC:

476063613