Topics in Systems / / Howard Eisner.

This book looks at many types of systems from various points of view, dealing with such topics as: how they are created, their features, how they serve us, the roles of the human, the systems approach, systems thinking, how we can maximize the benefits they provide, how to repair them, and how we ar...

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Place / Publishing House:Dulles, VA : : Mercury Learning and Information, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (250 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Systems
  • 3. Engineering
  • 4. Systems Engineering
  • 5. Systems Analysis
  • 6. Educating
  • 7. Entrepreneuring
  • 8. The Human Element
  • 9. Changing and Fixing Systems
  • 10. Business as a System
  • 11. Slippages in Systems
  • 12. Managing Systems
  • 13. Integrating Systems
  • 14. Commentary and Heuristics
  • 15. Recapitulation
  • Appendix: Systems Thinkers
  • Index