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100 1 $aJackson, Michael C.,$d1951-
245 10 $aSystems thinking :$bcreative holism for managers /$cMike C. Jackson.
260 $aChichester, West Sussex ;$aHoboken, N.J. :$bJohn Wiley & Sons, $cc2003.
300 $axxiii, 352 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aHolism and Systems Practice -- The Systems Language -- Philosophy -- Biology -- Control Engineering -- Organization and Management Theory -- The Physical Sciences -- Why is the Systems Language so Powerful? -- Applied Systems Thinking -- Hard Systems Thinking -- The Development of Applied Systems Thinking -- Problem contexts -- Systems methodologies related to problem contexts -- The Main Strands of Applied Systems Thinking -- Creativity and Systems -- Creativity and Metaphor -- Creativity and Paradigms -- Systems Approaches -- Improving Goal Seeking and Viability -- Hard Systems Thinking -- Hard Systems Thinking in Action -- Critique of Hard Systems Thinking -- The Value of Hard Systems Thinking to Managers -- System Dynamics: The Fifth Discipline -- System Dynamics in Action -- Critique of System Dynamics -- The Value of System Dynamics to Managers -- Organizational Cybernetics -- Organizational Cybernetics in Action -- Critique of Organizational Cybernetics -- The Value of Organizational Cybernetics to Managers -- Complexity Theory -- Complexity Theory in Action -- Critique of Complexity Theory -- The Value of Complexity Theory to Managers -- Exploring Purposes -- Strategic Assumption Surfacing and Testing -- Strategic Assumption Surfacing and Testing (SAST) in Action -- Critique of Strategic Assumption Surfacing and Testing (SAST) -- The Value of Strategic Assumption Surfacing and Testing (SAST) to Managers -- Interactive Planning -- Interactive Planning in Action -- Critique of Interactive Planning -- The Value of Interactive Planning to Managers -- Soft Systems Methodology -- Methods -- Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) in Action -- Critique of Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) -- The Value of Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) to Managers -- Ensuring Fairness -- Critical Systems Heuristics -- Critical Systems Heuristics (CSH) in Action -- Critique of Critical Systems Heuristics (CSH) -- The Value of Critical Systems Heuristics (CSH) to Managers -- Team Syntegrity -- Team Syntegrity in Action -- Critique of Team Syntegrity -- The Value of Team Syntegrity to Managers -- Promoting Diversity -- Postmodern Systems Thinking -- Postmodern Systems Thinking in Action -- Critique of Postmodern Systems Thinking -- The Value of Postmodern Systems Thinking to Managers -- Creative Holism -- Total Systems Intervention -- Total Systems Intervention (TSI) in Action -- Critique of Total Systems Intervention (TSI) -- The Value of Total Systems Intervention (TSI) to Managers -- Critical Systems Practice -- Historical development -- Philosophy and theory -- Metamethodology -- Recent developments -- Critical Systems Practice (CSP) in Action -- Critique of Critical Systems Practice (CSP) -- The Value of Critical Systems Practice (CSP) to Managers.
650 0 $aSystems engineering.
650 0 $aHolism.
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650 17 $aHolisme.$2gtt
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