Managing Complex Systems: Thinking Outside the Box (Wiley Series in Systems Engineering and Management) - Image 1

£66.47

Wiley Managing Complex Systems: Thinking Outside the Box (Wiley Series in Systems Engineering and Management)

Name: Managing Complex Systems: Thinking Outside the Box (Wiley Series in Systems Engineering and Management)
Brand: Wiley
Price: 66.89 GBP
Availability: InStock

Change Management

Price History & Forecast

Last 32 days • 32 data points (No recent data available)

Historical

Generating forecast...

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 32 days • 2 price levels

Days at Price

Current Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £67 (27 days, 84.4%)

Price range: £66 - £67

Price levels: 2 different prices over 32 days

Description

Nine innovative methods to think outside the box and solve complex system problems Managing Complex Systems provides specific tools and guidance needed to be a more creative and innovative thinker. Following the author's methodology, the reader will be better able to devise and implement nontraditional solutions to seemingly intractable complex problems. By challenging the reader to think in new and creative ways, the book offers a road map to success, whether measured in terms of competitive advantage, greater market share, improved productivity, or higher profits, all based upon better solutions to difficult problems. The first four chapters set the foundation for creative thinking by exploring the nature of large-scale systems and complexity, thinking inside and outside the box, and examples of how an inventive mind solves problems in both management and scientific domains. Subsequent chapters address nine focused methods that the author has formulated to help the reader think outside the box: * Broaden and generalize * Crossover * Question conventional wisdom * Back of the envelope * Expanding the dimensions * Obversity * Remove constraints * Thinking with pictures * Systems approach Real-life examples are provided for each method that demonstrate how the approach enhances problem solving and decision making in system development and management. Following the discussion of the nine methods, the author examines group decision making as well as additional creative thinking procedures devised by other researchers, including references that assist in exploring these methods in greater detail. The author ends with a wrap-up chapter that includes a test to help readers practice their tendencies toward creative thinking skills and action with respect to solving real-world problems. The nine methods discussed in this book have broad applicability and can be used successfully by managers with a wide range of responsibilities in business and technology. For anyone who is tired of the same old approach with the same old results, this book is essential reading.

Product Specifications

Brand: Wiley
Format: Hardcover
ASIN: 0471690066
Category: Books > Subjects > Business, Finance & Law > Management > Change Management
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 21 October 2005
Listed Since: 18 October 2006

Barcode

No barcode data available

Wiley Managing Complex Systems: Thinking Outside the Box (Wiley Series in Systems Engineering and Management)

Price History & Forecast

Price Distribution

Price Analysis

Description

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

Critical Systems Thinking and the Management of Complexity

Thinking: A Guide to Systems Engineering Problem-Solving

Thinking: A Guide to Systems Engineering Problem-Solving

Systems Research for Real-World Challenges (Advances in Information Quality and Management)

Systems Thinker's Toolbox: Tools for Managing Complexity

Modeling and Managing Interdependent Complex Systems of Systems (IEEE Press)

Systems Thinking: Creative Holism for Managers

Fundamentals Of Systems Thinking, Management & Effective Leadership, The: 2 (Creative International And Online Education)

Decision Making in Systems Engineering and Management (Wiley Series in Systems Engineering and Management)

A Systems Thinking Decision-Making Process: How to Avoid Burnt Toast (Management for Professionals)

Systems Approaches to Management

Organizations as Complex Systems: Social Cybernetics and Knowledge in Theory and Practice (Managing the Complex) (ISCE Book Series - Managing the Complex): An Introduction to Knowledge Cybernetics: 2

Systems Engineering: A Systemic and Systematic Methodology for Solving Complex Problems

Designing and Managing Complex Systems

A Systems Thinking Decision-Making Process: How to Avoid Burnt Toast (Management for Professionals)

Organizations as Complex Systems: An Introduction to Knowledge Cybernetics: 2 (ISCE Book Series: Managing the Complex)

Managing and Engineering Complex Technological Systems

Systems Thinker's Toolbox: Tools for Managing Complexity

Wiley Creative Management of Complex Systems - Smart Innovation Set 19

Managing Complexity

Smart Decisions in Complex Systems

Operational Research and Systems: The Systemic Nature of Operational Research (Contemporary Systems Thinking)

Operational Research and Systems: The Systemic Nature of Operational Research (Contemporary Systems Thinking)

Practical Creativity and Innovation in Systems Engineering (Wiley Series in Systems Engineering and Management)