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Record Nr.

UNINA9910876683403321

Autore

Eisner Howard <1935->

Titolo

Managing complex systems : thinking outside the box / / Howard Eisner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Interscience, c2005

ISBN

1-118-00669-0

1-280-23896-8

9786610238965

0-470-24385-6

0-471-74549-9

0-471-74548-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Collana

Wiley series in systems engineering and management

Disciplina

658.4/04/02462

Soggetti

Systems engineering - Management

Project management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

MANAGING COMPLEX SYSTEMS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; Contents; Preface; 1 Systems and Thinking; 2 Building and Managing Systems; 3 Problems to Ponder; 4 The Inventive Mind; 5 Perspective 1: Broaden and Generalize; 6 Perspective 2: Crossover; 7 Perspective 3: Question Conventional Wisdom; 8 Perspective 4: Back of the Envelope; 9 Perspective 5: Expanding the Dimensions; 10 Perspective 6: Obversity; 11 Perspective 7: Remove Constraints; 12 Perspective 8: Thinking with Pictures; 13 Perspective 9: The Systems Approach; 14 Thinking in Groups; 15 Widening the Circle; 16 Final Thoughts and a Test; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Nine innovative methods to think outside the box and solve complex system problemsManaging Complex Systems provides specific tools and guidance needed to be a more creative and innovative thinker. Following the author's methodology, the reader will be better able to devise and implement nontraditional solutions to seemingly intractable complex problems. By challenging the reader to think in new and creative ways, the book offers a road map to success, whether measured in terms of competitive advantage, greater market share,



improved productivity, or higher profits, all based upon bette