Book : Systems Thinking, Systems Practice (1981)
Categories: General Systems • Systems Thinking
Tags: book • checkland • soft system • ssm • systems thinking
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Author(s): Checkland, Peter
Published: 1981 • ISBN: 0471279110 • 344 pages • Delivery Format: Hard Copy - Hardback
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Other Versions: 1999
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Summary
A classic in the field, this book discusses the interaction between theory and practice of problem-solving methodology. The culmination of a decade of action research aimed at using systems ideas as a help in tackling the ill-structured problems of the real world
Content / Structure
PrefaceCh. 1 The Subject of Systems
Pt. 1 Systems Thinking - The Systems Movement in the Context of Science
- Ch. 2 Science as a Human Activity: Its History and its Method
- Ch. 3 Science and the Systems Movement
- Ch. 4 Some Systems Thinking
Pt. 2 Systems Practice - Action Research to Establish the Use of Systems Concepts in Problem-Solving
- Ch. 5 'Hard' Systems Thinking - The Engineers' Contribution
- Ch. 6 The Development of 'Soft' Systems Thinking
- Ch. 7 The Systems Methodology in Action
Copyright 1981 by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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