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The manager's guide to systems practice : making sense of complex problems / by Frank Stowell and Christine Welch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stowell, Frank A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Problem solving.
- System analysis.
- System theory.
- Decision making.
- Management.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (278 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester : John Wiley & Sons, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book is an ideal resource 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 about the World, in which holistic views are maintained. In this respect it contrasts with some familiar techniques of management science, in which problem situations are broken down into their constituent parts with resultant loss of coherence.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Key systems ideas
- pt. 2. Systems thinking
- pt. 3. The contributions of philosophy and the social sciences
- pt. 4. Case studies.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 9786613661616
- 9781118345627
- 1118345622
- 9781119208327
- 1119208327
- 9781280684678
- 1280684674
- 9781118347270
- 1118347277
- OCLC:
- 782252445
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