Creative problem solving : total systems intervention

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Creative problem solving : total systems intervention

Robert L. Flood and Michael C. Jackson

Wiley, c1991

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

This book is about helping managers and decision makers to choose and use the most appropriate problem solving approaches available for managing the complexity and diversity of the difficulties that they face. By describing and analysing a range of different approaches, it investigates the strengths and weaknesses of each and provides its own approach for the complementary and integrated use of different system methodologies.

Table of Contents

The Nature of Systems Thinking. A System of Systems Methodologies. The Logic and Process of Total Systems Intervention (TSI). System Dynamics (SD). Viable System Diagnosis (VSD). Strategic Assumption Surfacing and Testing (SAST). Interactive Planning (IP). Soft Systems Methodology (SSM). Critical Systems Heuristics (CSH). Total Systems Intervention (TSI) Revisited. Index.

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  • NCID
    BA13078183
  • ISBN
    • 0471930520
  • LCCN
    91011559
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Chichester ; New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xvii, 250 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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