Management science : decision making through systems thinking /: decision making through systems thinking. ([2012])
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Management science : decision making through systems thinking /: decision making through systems thinking. ([2012])
- Main Title:
- Management science : decision making through systems thinking
- Further Information:
- Note: Hans Daellenbach, Donald McNickle, Shane Dye.
- Other Names:
- Daellenbach, Hans
McNickle, Donald
Dye, Shane - Contents:
- Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Management science/operations research and systems thinking ; 1.1 Real-life complex decision situations ; 1.2 Common features ; 1.3 Overview of what follows ; Further reading ; PART I Systems and systems thinking ; References ; 2 Systems thinking 2.1 Increased complexity of today's decision making 2.2 Efficiency and effectiveness ; 2.3 Unplanned and counterintuitive outcomes ; 2.4 Reductionist and cause-and-effect thinking ; 2.5 Systems thinking ; 2.6 Chapter highlights ; Exercises ; Further reading ; 3 System concepts 3.1 Pervasiveness of systems 3.2 Out-there and inside-us view of systems ; 3.3 Subjectivity of system description ; 3.4 Formal definition of the concept 'system' ; 3.5 System boundary and relevant environment ; 3.6 Brief examples of system descriptions ; 3.7 Systems as 'black boxes' 3.8 Boundary choice and hierarchy of systems 3.9 Behaviour of human activity systems ; 3.10 Different kinds of systems ; 3.11 Feedback loops ; 3.12 Control of systems ; 3.13 Chapter highlights ; Exercises ; Further reading ; 4 The problem situation 4.1 What is a 'problem situation'? 4.2 Stakeholders or roles of people in systems ; 4.3 Problem situation summary -- mind maps ; 4.4 Rich picture diagrams ; 4.5 Guidelines for mind maps and rich pictures ; 4.6 Uses and strengths of rich pictures and mind maps ; 4.7 Cognitive mapping
- Edition:
- 2nd edition
- Publisher Details:
- Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:
- 2012
- Copyright Date:
- 2012
- Extent:
- 1 online resource, illustrations
- Subjects:
- 658.4034
Strategic Planning
Operations research
Decision making
Management science
Decision making
Management science
Operations research
Besluitvorming
Systeemtheorie
Operationeel onderzoek
Management
Operations research
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industrial Management
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management Science
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior
Operations Research
Management
Business mathematics & systems
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781137075123
1137075120 - Related ISBNs:
- 0230316476
9780230316478 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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