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100 1 _aReynolds, Martin.
_eeditor.
245 1 0 _aSystems Approaches to Managing Change: A Practical Guide
_h[electronic resource] /
_cedited by Martin Reynolds, Sue Holwell.
264 1 _aLondon :
_bSpringer London :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2010.
300 _aXIV, 309 p. 112 illus.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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505 0 _aIntroducing 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.
520 _aIn 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.
650 0 _aComputer science.
650 0 _aSocial sciences
_xData processing.
650 1 4 _aComputer Science.
650 2 4 _aComputer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences.
650 2 4 _aComputers and Society.
650 2 4 _aComputer Science, general.
700 1 _aHolwell, Sue.
_eeditor.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9781848828087
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-809-4
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