Managing complex systems thinking outside the box /

Nine innovative methods to think outside the box and solve complex system problemsManaging 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 nontrad...

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Main Authors: Eisner, Howard, 1935
Corporate Authors: Wiley InterScience Online service
Published:
Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
Series: Wiley series in systems engineering and management
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Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/0471745499
Summary: Nine innovative methods to think outside the box and solve complex system problemsManaging 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.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xii, 201 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 0471745499
9780471745495
0471745480
9780471745488
1280238968
9781280238963
Index Number: TA168
CLC: N945
Contents: Systems and thinking -- Building and managing systems -- Problems to ponder -- The inventive mind -- Perspective 1: Broaden and generalize -- Perspective 2: Crossover -- Perspective 3: Question conventional wisdom -- Perspective 4: Back of the envelope -- Perspective 5: Expanding the dimensions -- Perspective 6: Obversity -- Perspective 7: Remove constraints -- Perspective 8: Thinking with pictures -- Perspective 9: The systems approach -- Thinking in groups -- Widening the circle show.