Bigger pictures for innovation : creating solutions, managing enterprises, and influencing policies / William B. Rouse.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rouse, William B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decision making.

Organizational change.

Strategic planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 pages)

Edition:

1st.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York ; London : Routledge, [2023]

Summary:

This book comprises a set of stories about being an engineer for many decades and the lessons the author learned from research and practice. These lessons focus on people and organizations, often enabled by technology.

Contents:

Cover

Endorsement Page

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

Preface

About the Author

Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview

Portsmouth

Usher Court

Economy

Role Models

Small Businesses

Other Role Models

High School and College

Becoming an Engineer

Business Experiences

Transitions to Bigger Pictures

Design, Management, and Policy

Public-Private Ecosystems

Conclusions

Chapter 2 Human Behavior and Performance

Prologue

Introduction

Raytheon

MIT

Tufts University and US Air Force

University of Illinois

Delft University of Technology

Georgia Tech: First Time

Epilogue

Further Reading

Chapter 3 Organizational and Economic Performance

Library Operations Research

Networked Information Services

Communications, Manufacturing, and Failure Management

Economic Modeling

Organizational Performance

Chapter 4 Design of Training and Aiding

Training

The Vincennes Incident

Performing Arts

Aiding

Intelligent Aiding

Augmented Intelligence

Training vs. Aiding Tradeoffs

Chapter 5 Human-Centered Design

Case Studies

Chapter 6 Advisor Series of Software Tools

Product Planning Advisor

Using the Product Planning Advisor

Applications

Business Planning Advisor

Situation Assessment Advisor

Technology Investment Advisor

Typical Applications

Organizational Implications

Advisor Series

Evaluation

Chapter 7 Enterprise Transformation

Challenges of Innovation.

Context of Transformation

Modeling the Enterprise

Qualitative Theory

Value Deficiencies Drive Transformation

Work Processes Enable Transformation

Management Decision Making

Ends, Means, and Scope of Transformation

Value Perspectives

Work Perspectives

Computational Theory

Chapter 8 Health and Education

Health and Wellness

Delivery Ecosystem

Scaling Innovation

Emory Prevention and Wellness

Indiana Alzheimer's Care

Penn Transition Care for Elderly Patients

Enterprise Models

New York City Health Ecosystem

Population Health

Technology Innovation

Summary

Health Advisor

Education

Computational Model

Scenario Projections

Technology Investments

Online Education

Interactive Technologies

Knowledge Management

Process Improvement

Impacts on Ecosystem

Impacts on Competitiveness

STEM Talent Pipeline

Chapter 9 Modeling and Visualization

Phenomena

Definitions

Historical Perspectives

Steam to Steamboats

Wind to Wings

Electricity to Lights

Macro and Micro Physics

Four Fundamental Forces

Framework

Methodology

Step 1: Decide on the Central Questions of Interest

Step 2: Define Key Phenomena Underlying These Questions

Step 3: Develop One or More Visualizations of Relationships among Phenomena

Step 4: Determine Key Tradeoffs That Appear to Warrant Deeper Exploration

Step 5: Identify Alternative Representations of These Phenomena

Step 6: Assess the Ability to Connect Alternative Representations

Step 7: Determine a Consistent Set of Assumptions

Step 8: Identify Data Sets to Support Parameterization

Step 9: Program and Verify Computational Instantiations.

Step 10: Validate Model Predictions, at Least Against Baseline Data

Visualization

Purposes

Step 1: Identify Information Use Cases, Including Knowledge Levels of Users

Step 2: Define Trajectories in Abstraction-Aggregation Space

Step 3: Design Visualizations and Controls for Each Point in Space

Step 4: Integrate across Visualizations and Controls to Dovetail Representations

Step 5: Integrate across Use Cases to Minimize the Total Number of Displays and Controls

Immersion Lab

Chapter 10 Complex Societal Systems

Complex Adaptive Systems

Underlying Phenomena

Wicked Problems

Overall Approach

Characterize the Nature of the Wicked Problem

Identify Anticipated or Experienced Value Deficiencies

Determine What Processes Need to Be Resigned or Designed

Engage Stakeholders in How They Would Proceed with Changes

Synthesize an Integrated Approach Across Contexts and Time

Involve Stakeholders to Support These Changes, Likely Incrementally

Secure and Sustain Resources to Accomplish Changes

Execute Changes, Learning along the Way, and Adapting

Health

Cancer Control

Opioid Epidemic

Coronavirus Pandemic

Energy

Battery Electric Vehicles

Autonomous Vehicles

Climate Change

Transformation

Chapter 11 Looking Back

National Security

Healthcare Delivery

Higher Education

Energy and Climate

Contrasting Ecosystems

Implications

Looking Back

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Rouse, William B. Bigger Pictures for Innovation

ISBN:

9781003365549

100336554X

9781000836417

100083641X

OCLC:

1356006537