Systems concepts in action [electronic resource] : a practitioner's toolkit / Bob Williams and Richard Hummelbrunner.

By: Williams, Bob, 1951-Contributor(s): Hummelbrunner, Richard | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Business Books, c2009Description: viii, 327 pISBN: 9780804776554 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): System theory | Management scienceGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 003 LOC classification: Q295 | .W53 2010Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introduction : about systems, thinking systemically, and being systemic -- Causal loop diagrams -- System dynamics -- Social network analysis -- Outcome mapping -- Process monitoring of impacts -- Strategic assumption surfacing and testing -- Strategic area assessment -- The CDE model -- Assumption-based planning -- Cynefin -- Solution focus -- Viable system model -- Cultural historical activity theory -- Soft systems methodology -- Dialectical methods of inquiry -- Scenario technique -- Systemic questioning -- Circular dialogues -- Critical systems heuristics.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : about systems, thinking systemically, and being systemic -- Causal loop diagrams -- System dynamics -- Social network analysis -- Outcome mapping -- Process monitoring of impacts -- Strategic assumption surfacing and testing -- Strategic area assessment -- The CDE model -- Assumption-based planning -- Cynefin -- Solution focus -- Viable system model -- Cultural historical activity theory -- Soft systems methodology -- Dialectical methods of inquiry -- Scenario technique -- Systemic questioning -- Circular dialogues -- Critical systems heuristics.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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