Bøger af Michael C. Jackson

Offers a guide to the application of Systems Thinking. This book traces the emergence of holistic thinking in various disciplines. It details and provides a critique, based upon social theory, of the range of systems approaches, methodologies, models and methods. It also offers case studies to illustrate systems thinking applied to management.

The author thoroughly describes and analyzes the most significant systems methodologies-`organizations as systems,' hard, soft, cybernetic, and critical-and demonstrates the complementary strengths of different systems approaches.

The author thoroughly describes and analyzes the most significant systems methodologies-`organizations as systems,' hard, soft, cybernetic, and critical-and demonstrates the complementary strengths of different systems approaches.