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

• Autore: Eisner Howard <1935->
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Interscience, c2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 p.)
• Disciplina: 658.4/04/02462
• Soggetto topico: Systems engineering - Management; Project management
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Managing complex systems
• ISBN: 1-118-00669-0; 1-280-23896-8; 9786610238965; 0-470-24385-6; 0-471-74549-9; 0-471-74548-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910876683403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Wiley series in systems engineering and management.