Systems Practice: How to Act : In situations of uncertainty and complexity in a climate-change world /

This book shows how to do systems thinking and translate that thinking into praxis (theory informed practical action). It will be welcomed by those managing or governing in situations of complexity and uncertainty across all domains of professional and personal life. The development of capabilities...

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Main Authors: Ison, Ray
Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Published: Springer London : Imprint: Springer,
Publisher Address: London :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: Second edition.
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-7351-9
Summary: This book shows how to do systems thinking and translate that thinking into praxis (theory informed practical action). It will be welcomed by those managing or governing in situations of complexity and uncertainty across all domains of professional and personal life. The development of capabilities to think and act systemically is an urgent priority. Humans are now a force of nature, affecting whole-earth dynamics including the earth's climate - we live in an Anthropocene or Capitalocene and are confronted by the emergence of a post-truth , big data world. What we have developed, organisatio
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (354 pages) : illustrations
ISBN: 9781447173519
Index Number: QA76
CLC: TP3
Contents: Thinking and Acting Differently -- Systems Practice as Juggling -- Systematic Practices -- Valuing Systems Practice in a Climate-change World -- Index. .