An introduction to systems science
This is the first book that renders a thorough discussion of systems science. It draws on material from an extensive collection of external sources, including several other books and a special library collection complete with videotape empirical evidence of applicability of the theory to a wide vari...
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| Médium: | E-kniha Kniha |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Hackensack, NJ
World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd
2006
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| ISBN: | 9789812567024, 981256702X, 9812774041, 9789812774040 |
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- An introduction to systems science -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Part 1: Foundations: The Chapters -- Chapter 1: Unlimited Scope of System Science -- Chapter 2: The Human Being (Creative and Fallible) -- Chapter 3: Language (Overpromising, Underperforming) -- Chapter 4: Second-Order Thought(The Stuff Reason is Made of) -- Chapter 5: The Thought Explorers(Working Backward Through Time) -- Chapter 6: Quality Control in Modeling Structure -- Chapter 7: The Situation Room -- Part 2: Discovery: The Chapters -- Chapter 8: Describing Problematic Situations -- Chapter 9: Metrics of Complexity -- Chapter 10: Diagnosing -- Part 3: Resolution: The Chapters -- Chapter 11: System Design -- Chapter 12: Choosing from the Alternatives -- Chapter 13: Implementing the Design -- Chapter 14: The Corporate Observatorium: Sustaining Management Communication and Continuity in an Age of Complexity¹ -- Part 4: The Practitioners ("Systemists"): The Chapters -- Chapter 15: The Private Sector the Practitioners ("Systemists") -- Chapter 16: The Government Sector the Practitioners ("Systemists") -- Chapter 17: The Social Arena the Practitioners ("Systemists") -- Chapter 18: Education Sector the Practitioners ("Systemists") -- Part 5: Systems Science: The Chapters -- Chapter 19: Systems Science -- Chapter 20: Reflections and Speculations -- Appendix 1: Gallery -- Appendix 2: The "Warfield Special Collection" at the George Mason University Fenwick Library -- Appendix 3: Discovering Systems Science -- Appendix 4: Linguistic Adjustments: Precursors to Understanding Complexity -- Appendix 5: The Two Neutral Processes of Systems Science -- Appendix 6: Statements, Themes, Findings, Structure -- Appendix 7: Literacy in Structural Graphics: The Higher Education Imperative -- Index -- Back Cover
- Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Figures -- Part 1 Foundations: The Chapters -- Chapter 1 Unlimited Scope of System Science -- Chapter 2 The Human Being (Creative and Fallible) -- Chapter 3 Language (Overpromising Underperforming) -- Chapter 4 Second-Order Thought (The Stuff Reason is Made of) -- Chapter 5 The Thought Explorers (Working Backward Through Time) -- Chapter 6 Quality Control In Modeling Structure -- Chapter 7 The Situation Room -- Part 2 Discovery: The Chapters -- Chapter 8 Describing Problematic Situations -- Chapter 9 Metrics of Complexity -- Chapter 10 Diagnosing -- Part 3 Resolution: The Chapters -- Chapter 11 System Design -- Chapter 12 Choosing From The Alternatives -- Chapter 13 Implementing the Design -- Chapter 14 The Corporate Observatorium: Sustaining Management Communication and Continuity In an Age of Complexity -- Part 4 The Practitioners ("Systemists"): The Chapters -- Chapter 15 The Private Sector: The Practitioners ("Systemists") -- Chapter 16 The Government Sector: The Practitioners ("Systemists") -- Chapter 17 The Social Arena: The Practitioners ("Systemists") -- Chapter 18 Education Sector: The Practitioners ("Systemists") -- Part 5 Systems Science: The Chapters -- Chapter 19 Systems Science -- Chapter 20 Reflections And Speculations -- Appendix 1 Gallery -- Appendix 2 The "Warfield Special Collection" at the George Mason University Fenwick Library -- Appendix 3 Discovering Systems Science -- Appendix 4 Linguistic Adjustments: Precursors to Understanding Complexity -- Appendix 5 The Two Neutral Processes of Systems Science -- Appendix 6 Statements Themes Findings Structure -- Appendix 7 Literacy in Structural Graphics: The Higher Education Imperative -- Index