Book : Practical Systems Thinking (1996)
Categories: General Systems • Systems Thinking
Tags: book • hard system • soft system
Publisher: International Thomson Business Press
Author(s): Waring, Alan
Published: 1996 • ISBN: 0412717506 • 272 pages • Delivery Format: Hard Copy - Paperback
Summary
This new textbook examines three principal methods of applied systems thinking: systems failures, hard and soft systems methods. Other systems methodologies are described briefly. The book is written in an open learning style with activities, exercises and case studies with an emphasis on practice and technique. It is supported by numerous illustrations, in keeping with the diagramming techniques of systems work.
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