Ebook: Systems Methodology for the Management Sciences

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.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Structure of the Argument....Pages 3-10
Theoretical Considerations....Pages 11-38
Front Matter....Pages 39-39
Organizations as Systems....Pages 41-72
Hard Systems Thinking....Pages 73-89
Organizational Cybernetics....Pages 91-131
Soft Systems Thinking....Pages 133-181
Critical Systems Thinking....Pages 183-212
Front Matter....Pages 213-213
Illustrative Case Studies....Pages 215-235
Community Operational Research....Pages 237-249
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
An Argument for Complementarism....Pages 253-270
Creative Problem Solving: Total Systems Intervention....Pages 271-276
Conclusion....Pages 277-280
Back Matter....Pages 281-298

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Structure of the Argument....Pages 3-10
Theoretical Considerations....Pages 11-38
Front Matter....Pages 39-39
Organizations as Systems....Pages 41-72
Hard Systems Thinking....Pages 73-89
Organizational Cybernetics....Pages 91-131
Soft Systems Thinking....Pages 133-181
Critical Systems Thinking....Pages 183-212
Front Matter....Pages 213-213
Illustrative Case Studies....Pages 215-235
Community Operational Research....Pages 237-249
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
An Argument for Complementarism....Pages 253-270
Creative Problem Solving: Total Systems Intervention....Pages 271-276
Conclusion....Pages 277-280
Back Matter....Pages 281-298
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