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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299740603321

Autore

Hester Patrick T

Titolo

Systemic Thinking : Fundamentals for Understanding Problems and Messes / / by Patrick T. Hester, Kevin MacG. Adams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-319-07629-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XX, 241 p. 50 illus.)

Collana

Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, , 1566-0443 ; ; 26

Disciplina

003

Soggetti

Computational complexity

Quality control

Reliability

Industrial safety

Business

Management science

Social sciences

Complexity

Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk

Business and Management, general

Social Sciences, general

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Part I: A Frame of Reference for Systemic Thinking -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Problems and Messes -- 3 Systemic Thinking -- 4 Systems Theory -- Part II: A Methodology for Systemic Thinking -- 5 The Who of Systemic Thinking -- 6 The What of Systemic Thinking -- 7 The Why of Systemic Thinking -- 8 The Where of Systemic Thinking -- 9 The How of Systemic Thinking -- 10 The When of Systemic Thinking -- 11 Putting It All Together-A Systemic Perspective -- Appendix A: Systemic Thinking Self-Assessment -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Whether you’re an academic or a practitioner, a sociologist, a manager, or an engineer, one can benefit from learning to think systemically.  Problems (and messes) are everywhere and they’re



getting more complicated every day.  How we think about these problems determines whether or not we’ll be successful in understanding and addressing them.  This book presents a novel way to think about problems (and messes) necessary to attack these always-present concerns.  The approach draws from disciplines as diverse as mathematics, biology, and psychology to provide a holistic method for dealing with problems that can be applied to any discipline. This book develops the systemic thinking paradigm, and introduces practical guidelines for the deployment of a systemic thinking approach.