TY - BOOK T1 - Systemic Thinking Fundamentals for Understanding Problems and Messes T2 - Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, A1 - Hester, Patrick T. A2 - Adams, Kevin MacG LA - English PP - Cham PB - Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer YR - 2014 UL - http://catalogo.bibliotecas.unlp.edu.ar/Record/dfi.28003 AB - Whether youâ_Tre an academic or a practitioner, a sociologist, a manager, or an engineer, one can benefit from learning to think systemically.  Problems (and messes) are everywhere and theyâ_Tre getting more complicated every day.  How we think about these problems determines whether or not weâ_Tll be successful in understanding and addressing them.  This book presents a novel way to think about problems (and messes) necessary to attack these always-present concerns.  The approach draws from disciplines as diverse as mathematics, biology, and psychology to provide a holistic method for dealing with problems that can be applied to any discipline. This book develops the systemic thinking paradigm, and introduces practical guidelines for the deployment of a systemic thinking approach. OP - 241 CN - QA76.9.M35 SN - 9783319076294 KW - Engineering. KW - Business. KW - Management science. KW - Complexity, Computational. KW - Quality control. KW - Reliability. KW - Industrial safety. KW - Social sciences. KW - Complexity. KW - Risk. KW - Business and Management, general. ER -