Системное мышление. Как управлять хаосом и сложными процессами

This book is a direct result of the author's work with the systems methodology first introduced by the author's partner, Russell Ackoff. It's a holistic approach to systems methodology. It deals with all dimensions of a system: structure, function and process. Peter Senge introduced Systems Thinking/practice. Interact clients asked the author to write a book to take them "further down the Senge trail". This book does that by taking the reader into "real world" stories. It is based on experiences in five real companies using systems practice. It is about a new mode of seeing, doing and being in the world; a way of thinking through chaos and complexity. It speaks to those thinkers and practitioners who have come to realize that learning "to be" is as much a necessary part of a successful professional life as is the learning "to do." Natural science has discovered "chaos". Social science has encountered "complexity." But chaos and complexity are features of our perceptions and understanding. We see the world as increasingly more complex and chaotic because we use inadequate concepts to explain it. When we understand something, we no longer see it as chaotic or complex. It seems that playing the new game requires learning a new language. A language of interaction and design that will allow us to see through chaos and understand complexity. In a nutshell, this book is about systems. However, it goes beyond the simple declaration of desirability of systems thinking. With a practical orientation and yet a profound theoretical depth, the book offers an operational handle on the whole by introducing an elaborate scheme called iterative design. The iterative design explicitly recognizes that choice is at the heart of human development. Development is the capacity to choose; design is a vehicle for enhancement of choice and holistic thinking. Designers, in this book, seek to choose rather than predict the future. They try to understand rational, emotional, and cultural dimensions of choice and to produce a design that satisfies a multitude of functions. They learn how to use what they already know and also about how to learn what they need to know. The first edition of Systems Thinking was the first book to develop a working concept of systems theory and to deal operationally with systems methodology. The author has been working for the last 5 years to incorporate parallel development in quantum theory, self-organizing systems and complexity theory, the sum of which is included in this new 2nd edition. He has tested these concepts with 200 executive MBA students, and also with Russell Ackoff, one of the founding fathers of systems thinking. Ackoff reported that it was the most comprehensive systems methodology he has seen. The 2nd edition features the synthesis of holistic thinking (iteration of structure, function and process), operational thinking (understanding chaos and complexity), sociocultural systems (movement toward a predefined order), and interactive design (redesigning the future and inventing ways to bring it about). Also added are the operational thinking and self-organizing aspect of sociocultural systems, with updates made to the holistic thinking and interactive design parts to incorporate recent new developments. * Cutting edge thinking incorporates the interaction of holistic thinking, operational thinking, sociocultural systems, and interactive design to develop an all inclusive systems methodology * Companion website built solely to accompany and compliment the new edition available at www.interactdesign.com * Operational thinking and self organizing aspects of sociocultural systems added anew, with the holistic thinking and interactive design parts updated to incorporate new developments

the Imperative Of Interdependency, The Necessity Of Reducing Endless Complexities, And The Need To Produce Manageable Simplicities Require A Different Mode Of Thinking, A Holistic Frame Of Reference That Would Allow Us To Focus On The Relevant Issues And Avoid The Endless Search For More Details While Drowning In Proliferating Information. While Organizations As A Whole Are Becoming More And More Interdependent The Parts Display Choice And Behave Independently. This Is The Dilemma This Book Tries To Resolve. It Is A Unique, Cutting Edge Work, With A Practical Orientation And Yet A Profound Theoretical Depth, Which Goes Far Beyond What Is Currently Available.

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gharajedaghi (president And Ceo Of Interact) Goes Beyond The Simple Declaration Of The Desirability Of Systems Thinking And Provides A Practical Orientation Along With A Theoretical Depth. He Operationally Deals With The Art Of Simplifying Complexity, Managing Interdependency, And Understanding Choice Using A Novel Scheme Called Iterative Design. Twelve Chapters Discuss Systems Philosophy, Theories, Methodology, And Practice. Annotation C. Book News, Inc., Portland, Or (booknews.com)

"Systems Thinking: Managing Chaos and Complexity, with a practical orientation and yet a profound theoretical depth, goes beyond the simple declaration of the desirability of systems thinking. It operationally deals with the art of simplifying complexity managing inter-dependency, and understanding choice using a novel scheme called iterative design. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET