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Systems Approaches to Managing Change: A Practical Guide [electronic resource] /edited by Martin Reynolds, Sue Holwell.

by Reynolds, Martin [editor.]; Holwell, Sue [editor.]; SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Springer London : 2010.Description: XIV, 309 p. 112 illus. online resource.ISBN: 9781848828094.Subject(s): Computer science | Social sciences -- Data processing | Computer Science | Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences | Computers and Society | Computer Science, generalDDC classification: 004 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Introducing Systems Approaches -- System Dynamics -- The Viable System Model -- Strategic Options Development and Analysis -- Soft Systems Methodology -- Critical Systems Heuristics -- Epilogue: Systems Approaches and Systems Practice.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: In a world of increasing complexity, instant information availability and constant flux, systems approaches provide the opportunity of a tangible anchor of purpose and iterate learning. The five approaches outlined in the book offer a range of interchangeable tools with rigorous frameworks of application tried and tested in the ‘real world’. The frameworks of each approach form a powerful toolkit to explore the dynamics of how societies emerge, how organisations create viability, how to facilitate chains of argument through causal mapping, how to embrace a multiplicity of perspectives identifying purposeful activity and how to look for the bigger picture across multiple disciplines. Systems Approaches offers an excellent first introduction for those seeking to understand what ‘systems thinking’ is all about as well as why the tools discussed herein should be applied to management and professional practice. This book provides a practical guide, and the chapters stand alone in explaining and developing each approach.
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Introducing Systems Approaches -- System Dynamics -- The Viable System Model -- Strategic Options Development and Analysis -- Soft Systems Methodology -- Critical Systems Heuristics -- Epilogue: Systems Approaches and Systems Practice.

In a world of increasing complexity, instant information availability and constant flux, systems approaches provide the opportunity of a tangible anchor of purpose and iterate learning. The five approaches outlined in the book offer a range of interchangeable tools with rigorous frameworks of application tried and tested in the ‘real world’. The frameworks of each approach form a powerful toolkit to explore the dynamics of how societies emerge, how organisations create viability, how to facilitate chains of argument through causal mapping, how to embrace a multiplicity of perspectives identifying purposeful activity and how to look for the bigger picture across multiple disciplines. Systems Approaches offers an excellent first introduction for those seeking to understand what ‘systems thinking’ is all about as well as why the tools discussed herein should be applied to management and professional practice. This book provides a practical guide, and the chapters stand alone in explaining and developing each approach.

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