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by John Boardman; Brian Sauser

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By examining the links and interactions between elements of a system, systems thinking is becoming increasingly relevant when dealing with global challenges, from terrorism to energy to healthcare. Addressing these seemingly intractable systems problems in our society, Systems Thinking: Coping with 21st Century Problems focuses on the inherent opportunities and difficulties of a systems approach. Taking an engineering systems view toward systems thinking, the authors place a high value on the thinking process and the things applied to this process.

In the hopes of initiating critical thinking and encouraging a systems response to problems, the book provides pragmatic mechanisms to understand and address co-evolving systems problems and solutions. It uses several contemporary and complex societal issues, such as the Iraq war, the Google phenomenon, and the C2 Constellation, to illustrate the concepts, methods, and tools of a system as well as the meaning of togetherness in a system. The text also interweaves the meanings of complexity, paradox, and system to promote the improvement of difficult situations.

Featuring a holistic, nonlinear way of looking at systems, this book helps readers better organize and structure their thinking of systems in order to solve complex, real-world problems.

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  • Title Systems Thinking: Coping with 21st Century Problems
  • Author John Boardman; Brian Sauser
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher CRC Press
  • Publication date 2008-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781420054910 / 1420054910
  • Weight 1.04 lbs (0.47 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.24 x 6.44 x 0.7 in (23.47 x 16.36 x 1.78 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Science/Technology Aspects
  • Category Technology & Industrial Arts
  • Library of Congress subjects Problem solving, System analysis
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2007034222
  • Dewey Decimal Code 153.43

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  • Scitech Book News, 06/01/2008, Page 142
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