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Die Wunder der Natur - Geschichten über Komplexität
RRP: 29,99€ Paperback: 24 pp Publisher: Verlag; ISBN: 9783758342936 Begleite die Familie Fuchs dabei, wie sie gemeinsam die Wunder der Natur entdecken. Papa Fuchs, ein verkopfter Tüftler, beschäftigt sich gerne mit ungewöhnlichen Themen wie der Komplexität. Er versucht, diese auch seinen drei Kindern zu erklären, doch sie verstehen einfach nicht, was er damit meint. In sechs kurzen Geschichten...
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Die Wunder der Natur - Geschichten über Komplexität
RRP: 29,99€ Paperback: 24 pp Publisher: Verlag; ISBN: 9783758342936 Begleite die Familie Fuchs dabei, wie sie gemeinsam die Wunder der Natur entdecken. Papa Fuchs, ein verkopfter Tüftler, beschäftigt sich gerne mit ungewöhnlichen Themen wie der Komplexität. Er versucht, diese auch seinen drei Kindern zu erklären, doch sie verstehen einfach nicht, was er damit meint. In sechs kurzen Geschichten...

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opening the box: systems thinking for transformative conversations
NOTE: This book should be ordered through your local Amazon site. RRP: £5.00 (£2.00 kindle) Paperback: 56 pp Publisher: SCiO Publications; ASIN: B0DG36M38N ”opening the box" invites you to delve into the realms of systems thinking, by exploring four layers of ‘systems’: parts and wholes, nascent development, coherence, and metamorphosis. This book is for those who may not believe that they use...
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opening the box: systems thinking for transformative conversations
NOTE: This book should be ordered through your local Amazon site. RRP: £5.00 (£2.00 kindle) Paperback: 56 pp Publisher: SCiO Publications; ASIN: B0DG36M38N ”opening the box" invites you to delve into the realms of systems thinking, by exploring four layers of ‘systems’: parts and wholes, nascent development, coherence, and metamorphosis. This book is for those who may not believe that they use...
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New Horizons for VSM
The purpose of this paper is to explore the human dimension of the complex interactions which are a key feature of VSM. It focusses on personal emotions, power, conversations and relationships, and the tensions between personal identity and organisational identity, particularly in periods of organisational and strategic change. It draws on psychology, and the social sciences to provide a...
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New Horizons for VSM
The purpose of this paper is to explore the human dimension of the complex interactions which are a key feature of VSM. It focusses on personal emotions, power, conversations and relationships, and the tensions between personal identity and organisational identity, particularly in periods of organisational and strategic change. It draws on psychology, and the social sciences to provide a...

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Management Cybernetics as a General Framework to Successfully Implement Lean Management in Several Industries: Observations From the Construction Industry, Mechanical Engineering, and Healthcare
in Enacting Cybernetics: (2024) Vol.2 Issue 1, p2 (DOI: 10.58695/ec.12) Numerous lean transformation projects fail or do not achieve the desired performance and/or viability that is necessary for a sustainable implementation of lean management. However, there are some factors that support the successful implementation of lean management in day-to-day business. In the opinion of the authors, these...
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Management Cybernetics as a General Framework to Successfully Implement Lean Management in Several Industries: Observations From the Construction Industry, Mechanical Engineering, and Healthcare
in Enacting Cybernetics: (2024) Vol.2 Issue 1, p2 (DOI: 10.58695/ec.12) Numerous lean transformation projects fail or do not achieve the desired performance and/or viability that is necessary for a sustainable implementation of lean management. However, there are some factors that support the successful implementation of lean management in day-to-day business. In the opinion of the authors, these...

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Critical Systems Thinking: A Practitioner's Guide
RRP: £31.15; Hardback: 256 pp; Publisher: Wiley; ISBN 978-1394203574 Understand the full range of systems approaches and how to use them with this innovative overview. Leaders and managers face increasing complexity and uncertainty because technical, organizational, socio-cultural, political, and environmental issues have become intensely interconnected. Systems thinking is recognized as the...
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Critical Systems Thinking: A Practitioner's Guide
RRP: £31.15; Hardback: 256 pp; Publisher: Wiley; ISBN 978-1394203574 Understand the full range of systems approaches and how to use them with this innovative overview. Leaders and managers face increasing complexity and uncertainty because technical, organizational, socio-cultural, political, and environmental issues have become intensely interconnected. Systems thinking is recognized as the...

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Beyond the Five Whys: Root Cause Analysis and Systems Thinking
RRP: £38.59 Hardback: 352 pp Publisher: Wiley; ISBN 978-1394191055 A straightforward explanation of root cause analysis and systems thinking, illustrating, with real-world examples and first-hand accounts, why things can ‘slip through our fingers’ and what to do to reduce the chances of things going off track. Beyond the Five Whys summarises, for the first time, many of the tried and tested...
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Beyond the Five Whys: Root Cause Analysis and Systems Thinking
RRP: £38.59 Hardback: 352 pp Publisher: Wiley; ISBN 978-1394191055 A straightforward explanation of root cause analysis and systems thinking, illustrating, with real-world examples and first-hand accounts, why things can ‘slip through our fingers’ and what to do to reduce the chances of things going off track. Beyond the Five Whys summarises, for the first time, many of the tried and tested...

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Socio-Technical Theory (STS)
Abbas, R.& Michael, K. (2023) Socio-Technical Theory: A review. In S. Papagiannidis (Ed), TheoryHub Book. Free pdf download at https://open.ncl.ac.uk / ISBN: 9781739604400. Socio-technical theory originated in the 1950s at the Tavistock Institute in London (Ropohl, 1999), led by Trist and Bamforth (1951) and Emery (1993), resulting from industry-based action research focusing on coal mining (Fox...
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Socio-Technical Theory (STS)
Abbas, R.& Michael, K. (2023) Socio-Technical Theory: A review. In S. Papagiannidis (Ed), TheoryHub Book. Free pdf download at https://open.ncl.ac.uk / ISBN: 9781739604400. Socio-technical theory originated in the 1950s at the Tavistock Institute in London (Ropohl, 1999), led by Trist and Bamforth (1951) and Emery (1993), resulting from industry-based action research focusing on coal mining (Fox...

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Decrypting the DNA of Megaprojects: A Model-based Management Approach using the Viable System Model (VSM)
PM World Journal (ISSN: 2330-4480) Vol. XII, Issue II – February 2023 24pp The following article is an introduction to the design of megaproject organizations based on the viable system model. It combines approaches from project management with approaches from systems theory. The understanding of complexity and how it is effectively managed by the organizational code is a central theme. After...
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Decrypting the DNA of Megaprojects: A Model-based Management Approach using the Viable System Model (VSM)
PM World Journal (ISSN: 2330-4480) Vol. XII, Issue II – February 2023 24pp The following article is an introduction to the design of megaproject organizations based on the viable system model. It combines approaches from project management with approaches from systems theory. The understanding of complexity and how it is effectively managed by the organizational code is a central theme. After...

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Systems Thinking Practitioner Apprenticeship – Level 7
Systems Thinking Practitioner Apprenticeship – Level 7 Delivered by Cherith Simmons Leadership and Development in partnership with SCiO – Systems and Complexity in Organisation, the professional body for systems practitioners in the UK. The broadest and deepest master’s level systems thinking course available to apprentices in the UK. 100% UK Government funded through an employer’s apprenticeship...
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Systems Thinking Practitioner Apprenticeship – Level 7
Systems Thinking Practitioner Apprenticeship – Level 7 Delivered by Cherith Simmons Leadership and Development in partnership with SCiO – Systems and Complexity in Organisation, the professional body for systems practitioners in the UK. The broadest and deepest master’s level systems thinking course available to apprentices in the UK. 100% UK Government funded through an employer’s apprenticeship...

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The Interdisciplinary Handbook of Perceptual Control Theory, Volume II: Living in the Loop
Free download; Pdf files: 389 pp; Publisher: Academic Press; ISBN 978-032391165-8 Given the fundamental challenges to society in this era, a radical rewrite of how we approach science and culture is necessary. This handbook applies Perceptual Control Theory (PCT) to achieve a much needed convergence across the physical, life and social sciences, the humanities and arts. In doing so it...
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The Interdisciplinary Handbook of Perceptual Control Theory, Volume II: Living in the Loop
Free download; Pdf files: 389 pp; Publisher: Academic Press; ISBN 978-032391165-8 Given the fundamental challenges to society in this era, a radical rewrite of how we approach science and culture is necessary. This handbook applies Perceptual Control Theory (PCT) to achieve a much needed convergence across the physical, life and social sciences, the humanities and arts. In doing so it...

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Sustainable Self-Governance in Businesses and Society: The Viable System Model in Action (Systems Thinking)
RRP: £27.20 Paperback: 312 pp Publisher: Routledge; ISBN 978-1032354972 Sustainable Self-Governance in Businesses and Society offers a sound introduction to Stafford Beer’s Viable System Model (VSM) and clarifies its relevance to support organisational sustainability and self-governance. While the VSM has been known since the early 1980s, it hasn’t been always easy to understand and to apply...
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Sustainable Self-Governance in Businesses and Society: The Viable System Model in Action (Systems Thinking)
RRP: £27.20 Paperback: 312 pp Publisher: Routledge; ISBN 978-1032354972 Sustainable Self-Governance in Businesses and Society offers a sound introduction to Stafford Beer’s Viable System Model (VSM) and clarifies its relevance to support organisational sustainability and self-governance. While the VSM has been known since the early 1980s, it hasn’t been always easy to understand and to apply...

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33 Systemgesetze und -prinzipien: Auszug aus dem Buch The Grammar of Systems
RRP: 6.00€ Kindle: 144 pp Publisher: SCiO; ASIN B0BNGL6WW5 Diese vorliegende Zusammenstellung von 33 Systemgesetzen und -prinzipien wurde dem Buch „The Grammar of Systems“ entnommen. Das „Grammar“ umfasst zwei Bücher in einem. In beiden Teilen geht es um System Thinking, die Disziplin, welche entwickelt wurde, um sich mit Komplexität und Unsicherheit auseinanderzusetzen. Das erste Buch erklärt...
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33 Systemgesetze und -prinzipien: Auszug aus dem Buch The Grammar of Systems
RRP: 6.00€ Kindle: 144 pp Publisher: SCiO; ASIN B0BNGL6WW5 Diese vorliegende Zusammenstellung von 33 Systemgesetzen und -prinzipien wurde dem Buch „The Grammar of Systems“ entnommen. Das „Grammar“ umfasst zwei Bücher in einem. In beiden Teilen geht es um System Thinking, die Disziplin, welche entwickelt wurde, um sich mit Komplexität und Unsicherheit auseinanderzusetzen. Das erste Buch erklärt...

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Designing Intelligent Construction Projects
RRP: £54.95 Paperback: 252 pp Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; ISBN 978-1119690825 Designing Intelligent Construction Projects Explore the potential impact of management cybernetics, lean methodologies, and digitalization on the construction sector As a heavily asset-driven industry, construction is at the crossroads of a transformation. Digitalization has already begun and is acting as a beacon...
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Designing Intelligent Construction Projects
RRP: £54.95 Paperback: 252 pp Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; ISBN 978-1119690825 Designing Intelligent Construction Projects Explore the potential impact of management cybernetics, lean methodologies, and digitalization on the construction sector As a heavily asset-driven industry, construction is at the crossroads of a transformation. Digitalization has already begun and is acting as a beacon...

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Regenesis: Feeding the World without Devouring the Planet
RRP: £15.99 Hardback: 352 pp Publisher: Allen Lane; ISBN 978-0241447642 Farming is the world's greatest cause of environmental destruction - and the one we are least prepared to talk about. We criticise urban sprawl, but farming sprawls across thirty times as much land. We have ploughed, fenced and grazed great tracts of the planet, felling forests, killing wildlife, and poisoning rivers and...
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Regenesis: Feeding the World without Devouring the Planet
RRP: £15.99 Hardback: 352 pp Publisher: Allen Lane; ISBN 978-0241447642 Farming is the world's greatest cause of environmental destruction - and the one we are least prepared to talk about. We criticise urban sprawl, but farming sprawls across thirty times as much land. We have ploughed, fenced and grazed great tracts of the planet, felling forests, killing wildlife, and poisoning rivers and...

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Learning Strategies for Sustainable Organisations
RRP: £30.32 Paperback: 280 pp Publisher: Routledge; ISBN 978-1032110707 Learning Strategies for Sustainable Organisations explores sustainability in the context of organisational practice and its implications for learning. Based on a systems thinking approach, it provides a thorough grounding in the principles of systems thinking and tools that can be used to help implement sustainability...
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Learning Strategies for Sustainable Organisations
RRP: £30.32 Paperback: 280 pp Publisher: Routledge; ISBN 978-1032110707 Learning Strategies for Sustainable Organisations explores sustainability in the context of organisational practice and its implications for learning. Based on a systems thinking approach, it provides a thorough grounding in the principles of systems thinking and tools that can be used to help implement sustainability...

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Autopoiesis: An Introduction to the Mechanisms of Self-creation in Living Beings and Organizations
RRP: £11.50 Paperback: 100 pp ; ISBN: 978-3756205677 (also available in German) Who is able to synchronize the work of 100 trillion suborganizations? Who can accelerate every single process by a factor of 100 billion? Which organization has a growth rate of 100% in 20 minutes? Which organization survives and growths since 4 billion years? Life is the ultimate best-of-best-benchmark for...
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Autopoiesis: An Introduction to the Mechanisms of Self-creation in Living Beings and Organizations
RRP: £11.50 Paperback: 100 pp ; ISBN: 978-3756205677 (also available in German) Who is able to synchronize the work of 100 trillion suborganizations? Who can accelerate every single process by a factor of 100 billion? Which organization has a growth rate of 100% in 20 minutes? Which organization survives and growths since 4 billion years? Life is the ultimate best-of-best-benchmark for...

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The Grammar of Systems: From Order to Chaos & Back
RRP: £12.99 Paperback: 245 pp: Publisher: SCiO; ISBN: 979-8414307754 If you feel as though the world has become more complex, you are not alone. There is a growing realisation of the need to deal with the complexity, uncertainty and speed of change of our world. These systemic factors increase the challenge for all of us and expose some traditional approaches which are unable to handle those...
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The Grammar of Systems: From Order to Chaos & Back
RRP: £12.99 Paperback: 245 pp: Publisher: SCiO; ISBN: 979-8414307754 If you feel as though the world has become more complex, you are not alone. There is a growing realisation of the need to deal with the complexity, uncertainty and speed of change of our world. These systemic factors increase the challenge for all of us and expose some traditional approaches which are unable to handle those...

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Geen samenwerken zonder samendenken: maak met je team de sprong naar duurzame bedrijfsontwikkeling
RRP: £47.59 Paperback: 282 pp Publisher: Lannoo Campus ISBN : 978-9401481830 Wat zijn de fundamenten voor duurzame ontwikkeling van bedrijf en mens? Hoe creëer je échte doorbraken in de kwaliteit van samenwerking? Hoe herontwerp je de organisatie van werk zo, dat de strategie gerealiseerd wordt? De meerderheid van de bedrijven slaagt er niet in wendbare organisatievormen in hun werking te...
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Geen samenwerken zonder samendenken: maak met je team de sprong naar duurzame bedrijfsontwikkeling
RRP: £47.59 Paperback: 282 pp Publisher: Lannoo Campus ISBN : 978-9401481830 Wat zijn de fundamenten voor duurzame ontwikkeling van bedrijf en mens? Hoe creëer je échte doorbraken in de kwaliteit van samenwerking? Hoe herontwerp je de organisatie van werk zo, dat de strategie gerealiseerd wordt? De meerderheid van de bedrijven slaagt er niet in wendbare organisatievormen in hun werking te...

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Cell Culture: A business novel about designing thriving organizations by bionic principles
RRP: £8.99 Kindle eBook: 444 pp ASIN B09RV8SS9G English (also available in German) Nature accomplished four billion years ago what companies are still struggling with today: successful organizations that master all environmental change and endure in the long run. Understand how companies can leverage life's success principles to keep pace with 21st century change and become an adaptive and...
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Cell Culture: A business novel about designing thriving organizations by bionic principles
RRP: £8.99 Kindle eBook: 444 pp ASIN B09RV8SS9G English (also available in German) Nature accomplished four billion years ago what companies are still struggling with today: successful organizations that master all environmental change and endure in the long run. Understand how companies can leverage life's success principles to keep pace with 21st century change and become an adaptive and...

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A critical systems evaluation of the introduction of a ‘discharge to assess’ service in Kent
Article in Critical Social Policy Vol 42, issue 4 [free to read and download] Discharge to Assess (D2A) models of care have been developed to expedite the process of discharging hospital patients as soon as they are medically fit to leave, thereby improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the healthcare system. This article focuses on the implementation of a D2A model in Kent, England, which...
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A critical systems evaluation of the introduction of a ‘discharge to assess’ service in Kent
Article in Critical Social Policy Vol 42, issue 4 [free to read and download] Discharge to Assess (D2A) models of care have been developed to expedite the process of discharging hospital patients as soon as they are medically fit to leave, thereby improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the healthcare system. This article focuses on the implementation of a D2A model in Kent, England, which...

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Systems convening: a crucial form of leadership for the 21st century
RRP: £4.85 (pdf download is FREE) Paperback: 124 pp Publisher: Social Learning Lab ISBN 978-9895329007 The book shines a light on the important work that many people are doing around the world. You may not have heard about them; what they do is rarely in their job description. You may not even be aware of what they do; they tend to act as enablers rather than taking credit or seeking the...
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Systems convening: a crucial form of leadership for the 21st century
RRP: £4.85 (pdf download is FREE) Paperback: 124 pp Publisher: Social Learning Lab ISBN 978-9895329007 The book shines a light on the important work that many people are doing around the world. You may not have heard about them; what they do is rarely in their job description. You may not even be aware of what they do; they tend to act as enablers rather than taking credit or seeking the...

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Thinking Systems: An Organic Language of Harmony for Human Survival
RRP: £10 Paperback: 228 pp Publisher: Triarchy Press; ISBN 1913743321 A guide and exploration for newcomers and experienced Systems Thinkers alike. In Thinking Systems Robin Asby explores Systems Thinking from a process perspective and shows how this perspective generates new insights, particularly into the problems that we face in the stewardship of our planet. It explains how a process-based...
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Thinking Systems: An Organic Language of Harmony for Human Survival
RRP: £10 Paperback: 228 pp Publisher: Triarchy Press; ISBN 1913743321 A guide and exploration for newcomers and experienced Systems Thinkers alike. In Thinking Systems Robin Asby explores Systems Thinking from a process perspective and shows how this perspective generates new insights, particularly into the problems that we face in the stewardship of our planet. It explains how a process-based...

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The Little (illustrated) Book of Operational Forecasting: A short introduction to the practice and pitfalls of short term forecasting - and how to increase its value to the business
RRP: £10.49; Paperback: 192 pp; Publisher: Troubador Publishing; Language: English; ISBN : 9781789013429 This is a guidebook about short term Operational Forecasting - the sort that is done to determine how much product you need to source or how many people you need to draft in to meet customer demand.
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The Little (illustrated) Book of Operational Forecasting: A short introduction to the practice and pitfalls of short term forecasting - and how to increase its value to the business
RRP: £10.49; Paperback: 192 pp; Publisher: Troubador Publishing; Language: English; ISBN : 9781789013429 This is a guidebook about short term Operational Forecasting - the sort that is done to determine how much product you need to source or how many people you need to draft in to meet customer demand.

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Management von Groß- und Megaprojekten im Bauwesen
RRP 49,99 €; vHerausgeber : Springer Vieweg; 1. Aufl. 2021 Edition (5. Januar 2021); Taschenbuch : 202 Seiten; Sprache : Deutsch; ISBN : 3658309822 Groß - und Megaprojekte zeichnen sich besonders durch Ihre Komplexität aus. Damit wirksam umzugehen, ist Gegenstand dieses „Management“-Buches. Dabei werden die den Organisationssystemen zu Grunde liegenden Strukturen mit Ansätzen aus den System- und...
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Management von Groß- und Megaprojekten im Bauwesen
RRP 49,99 €; vHerausgeber : Springer Vieweg; 1. Aufl. 2021 Edition (5. Januar 2021); Taschenbuch : 202 Seiten; Sprache : Deutsch; ISBN : 3658309822 Groß - und Megaprojekte zeichnen sich besonders durch Ihre Komplexität aus. Damit wirksam umzugehen, ist Gegenstand dieses „Management“-Buches. Dabei werden die den Organisationssystemen zu Grunde liegenden Strukturen mit Ansätzen aus den System- und...

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Viable Project Business: A Bionic Management System for Large Enterprises
RRP: £106.91 Paperback: 384 pp Publisher: Springer;1st ed. 2021 edition; ISBN: 978-3030629069 This book develops best practices for collaboration between teams within large organizations, and demonstrates how an optimal environment for teamwork can improve business processes. To do so, it analyzes the system dynamics of living organisms and applies the results to the business environment. The...
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Viable Project Business: A Bionic Management System for Large Enterprises
RRP: £106.91 Paperback: 384 pp Publisher: Springer;1st ed. 2021 edition; ISBN: 978-3030629069 This book develops best practices for collaboration between teams within large organizations, and demonstrates how an optimal environment for teamwork can improve business processes. To do so, it analyzes the system dynamics of living organisms and applies the results to the business environment. The...

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Essential Balances: Stop Looking and Start Seeing What Makes Organizations Work
RRP: £13.35 Paperback: 280 pp Publisher: KVISTGAARD; ISBN 978-1838338619 If you are a manager or leader in an organization – company or public service – or you are simply interested in how to make your organization work better, then this book is for you. If you have the feeling that you are skating over the surface of what is really going on in your organization, if you know that there is...
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Essential Balances: Stop Looking and Start Seeing What Makes Organizations Work
RRP: £13.35 Paperback: 280 pp Publisher: KVISTGAARD; ISBN 978-1838338619 If you are a manager or leader in an organization – company or public service – or you are simply interested in how to make your organization work better, then this book is for you. If you have the feeling that you are skating over the surface of what is really going on in your organization, if you know that there is...

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Covid-19: why did the virus take us by surprise? What we can learn from Covid-19 about the control of systems and organizations based on the Viable System Model
The Covid-19 crisis is a cataclysmic event and caught us all by surprise. It is considered a health and economic crisis, but at the same time and rarely discussed, it also reveals the weaknesses in the systemic processes in our society and organizations. The Viable System Model (VSM) by Stafford Beer allows us to structure the various weaknesses and to put them into a coherent framework. The VSM...
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Covid-19: why did the virus take us by surprise? What we can learn from Covid-19 about the control of systems and organizations based on the Viable System Model
The Covid-19 crisis is a cataclysmic event and caught us all by surprise. It is considered a health and economic crisis, but at the same time and rarely discussed, it also reveals the weaknesses in the systemic processes in our society and organizations. The Viable System Model (VSM) by Stafford Beer allows us to structure the various weaknesses and to put them into a coherent framework. The VSM...

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Die dritte Dimension des Organisierens: Steuerung und Kommunikation
RRP: 35 € Paperback : 360 pages ISBN : 978-3658292461 Publisher : Springer Gabler; 1. Aufl. 2020 edition (10 Jun. 2020) Language: Deutsch Es ist ein offenes Geheimnis: Unsere Organisationen funktionieren mehr schlecht als recht. Darin liegt das Kernproblem und überraschenderweise zugleich die Lösung. Denn wir brauchen keine neuen Konzepte und Rahmenbedingungen, wir brauchen keine besseren...
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Die dritte Dimension des Organisierens: Steuerung und Kommunikation
RRP: 35 € Paperback : 360 pages ISBN : 978-3658292461 Publisher : Springer Gabler; 1. Aufl. 2020 edition (10 Jun. 2020) Language: Deutsch Es ist ein offenes Geheimnis: Unsere Organisationen funktionieren mehr schlecht als recht. Darin liegt das Kernproblem und überraschenderweise zugleich die Lösung. Denn wir brauchen keine neuen Konzepte und Rahmenbedingungen, wir brauchen keine besseren...

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System Dynamics: Modeling, Simulation and Analysis: Practical guide with examples for the design of industrial, economic, biological, engineering and environmental models.
RRP: £34.41 Paperback: 339 pp Publisher: Independently published ; ISBN 979-8649370226 This book offers a time-efficient approach for readers to acquire step-by-step knowledge in the formation and construction of dynamic models using Vensim. It addresses the challenge of working with minimal current and historical data by providing simulation models that accommodate such analyses. By...
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System Dynamics: Modeling, Simulation and Analysis: Practical guide with examples for the design of industrial, economic, biological, engineering and environmental models.
RRP: £34.41 Paperback: 339 pp Publisher: Independently published ; ISBN 979-8649370226 This book offers a time-efficient approach for readers to acquire step-by-step knowledge in the formation and construction of dynamic models using Vensim. It addresses the challenge of working with minimal current and historical data by providing simulation models that accommodate such analyses. By...

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Practices of Dynamic Collaboration: A Dialogical Approach to Strengthening Collaborative Intelligence in Teams (Management for Professionals)
RRP: £45 Paperback: 244 pp Publisher: Springer ISBN : 978-3030425517 This book provides senior managers, project- and program managers, team coaches and team leaders with thought and management tools for potentiating self-organization and creating collaborative intelligence in teams. Adapted and expanded from the 2018 Dynamic Collaboration: Strengthening Self-Organization and Collaborative...
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Practices of Dynamic Collaboration: A Dialogical Approach to Strengthening Collaborative Intelligence in Teams (Management for Professionals)
RRP: £45 Paperback: 244 pp Publisher: Springer ISBN : 978-3030425517 This book provides senior managers, project- and program managers, team coaches and team leaders with thought and management tools for potentiating self-organization and creating collaborative intelligence in teams. Adapted and expanded from the 2018 Dynamic Collaboration: Strengthening Self-Organization and Collaborative...

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The Hidden Power of Systems Thinking
RRP: £33.24 Paperback: 340 pages Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (25 Mar. 2020) ISBN: 1138493996 The Hidden Power of Systems Thinking: Governance in a Climate Emergency is a persuasive, lively book that shows how systems thinking can be harnessed to effect profound, complex change. In the age of the Anthropocene, the need for new ways of thinking and acting has become urgent. But patterns of...
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The Hidden Power of Systems Thinking
RRP: £33.24 Paperback: 340 pages Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (25 Mar. 2020) ISBN: 1138493996 The Hidden Power of Systems Thinking: Governance in a Climate Emergency is a persuasive, lively book that shows how systems thinking can be harnessed to effect profound, complex change. In the age of the Anthropocene, the need for new ways of thinking and acting has become urgent. But patterns of...

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Systems Thinkers
RRP: £40 Paperback : 348 pages ISBN : 1447174747 Publisher : Springer; 2nd ed. 2020 Edition (20 Feb. 2020) Language: : English This biographical history of the field of systems thinking examines the work of thirty of its major thinkers. It discusses their key contributions to the subject, the way these were expressed in practice and the relationship between their lives and ideas.
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Systems Thinkers
RRP: £40 Paperback : 348 pages ISBN : 1447174747 Publisher : Springer; 2nd ed. 2020 Edition (20 Feb. 2020) Language: : English This biographical history of the field of systems thinking examines the work of thirty of its major thinkers. It discusses their key contributions to the subject, the way these were expressed in practice and the relationship between their lives and ideas.

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Systems Approaches to Making Change: A Practical Guide
RRP: £50 Paperback: 346 pages Publisher: Springer; 2nd ed. 2020 edition (19 Feb. 2020) ISBN: 1447174712 The five approaches outlined in this book offers the systems thinking practitioner a range of interchangeable tools for pro-actively making systemic improvements amidst complex situations of change and uncertainty. Practitioners from all professional domains are increasingly confronted with...
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Systems Approaches to Making Change: A Practical Guide
RRP: £50 Paperback: 346 pages Publisher: Springer; 2nd ed. 2020 edition (19 Feb. 2020) ISBN: 1447174712 The five approaches outlined in this book offers the systems thinking practitioner a range of interchangeable tools for pro-actively making systemic improvements amidst complex situations of change and uncertainty. Practitioners from all professional domains are increasingly confronted with...

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Visualising Business Transformation: Pictures, Diagrams and the Pursuit of Shared Meaning
RRP: £37 Hardcover : 234 pages ISBN: 1138308242 Publisher : Routledge (6 Feb. 2020) Business transformation typically involves a wide range of visualisation techniques, from the templates and diagrams used by managers to make better strategic choices, to the experience maps used by designers to understand customer needs, the technical models used by architects to propose possible solutions, and...
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Visualising Business Transformation: Pictures, Diagrams and the Pursuit of Shared Meaning
RRP: £37 Hardcover : 234 pages ISBN: 1138308242 Publisher : Routledge (6 Feb. 2020) Business transformation typically involves a wide range of visualisation techniques, from the templates and diagrams used by managers to make better strategic choices, to the experience maps used by designers to understand customer needs, the technical models used by architects to propose possible solutions, and...

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Reframing ITIL: A Systems Thinking Look at IT Service Management
RRP: £19.95 Paperback: 179 pages Publisher: SCiO (10 Jan. 2020) ISBN: 1708360085 “Reframing ITIL" provides a gentle introduction to the Viable System Model as a tool to managing and operating successfully within any organisation. It combines this with a refreshing review of ITIL processes - operating dynamically via feedback loops rather than as a set of activities being conducted in series with...
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Reframing ITIL: A Systems Thinking Look at IT Service Management
RRP: £19.95 Paperback: 179 pages Publisher: SCiO (10 Jan. 2020) ISBN: 1708360085 “Reframing ITIL" provides a gentle introduction to the Viable System Model as a tool to managing and operating successfully within any organisation. It combines this with a refreshing review of ITIL processes - operating dynamically via feedback loops rather than as a set of activities being conducted in series with...

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The Viability of Organizations Vol. 3: Designing and Changing Organizations
RRP: £40.75 Hardcover: 376 pages Publisher: Springer; 1st ed. 2020 edition (25 Nov. 2019) ISBN: 303025853X The design process for organizational structures sometimes resembles a random walk, especially when it is embedded in an arena of competing personal interests and power games. Many organizations still lack clear guidance and are therefore seeking a rigorous, nuanced, and impartial methodology...
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The Viability of Organizations Vol. 3: Designing and Changing Organizations
RRP: £40.75 Hardcover: 376 pages Publisher: Springer; 1st ed. 2020 edition (25 Nov. 2019) ISBN: 303025853X The design process for organizational structures sometimes resembles a random walk, especially when it is embedded in an arena of competing personal interests and power games. Many organizations still lack clear guidance and are therefore seeking a rigorous, nuanced, and impartial methodology...

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‘Closing the gap’: Problems with its philosophy and research
The Psychology of Education Review Volume 44 Number 3, Special Issue 44pp - In this paper, problems with the philosophy and research relating to various interpretations of ‘closing the gap’ are used to open up a discussion of, and illustrate, the process whereby a narrow interpretation of ‘science’ and neglect of systems thinking result in the generation of huge amounts of dangerous and misleading...
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‘Closing the gap’: Problems with its philosophy and research
The Psychology of Education Review Volume 44 Number 3, Special Issue 44pp - In this paper, problems with the philosophy and research relating to various interpretations of ‘closing the gap’ are used to open up a discussion of, and illustrate, the process whereby a narrow interpretation of ‘science’ and neglect of systems thinking result in the generation of huge amounts of dangerous and misleading...
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The Viability of Organizations Vol. 2: Diagnosing and Governing Organizations
RRP: £58.22 Hardcover: 282 pages Publisher: Springer; 1st ed. 2019 edition (31 July 2019) ISBN: 3030164721 Organizations are complex social systems, and dysfunctionalities can settle in very quickly and almost unnoticed, costing valuable time and resources. In a highly volatile and complex world where mistakes are virtually unforgivable, the ability to rapidly and accurately diagnose...
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The Viability of Organizations Vol. 2: Diagnosing and Governing Organizations
RRP: £58.22 Hardcover: 282 pages Publisher: Springer; 1st ed. 2019 edition (31 July 2019) ISBN: 3030164721 Organizations are complex social systems, and dysfunctionalities can settle in very quickly and almost unnoticed, costing valuable time and resources. In a highly volatile and complex world where mistakes are virtually unforgivable, the ability to rapidly and accurately diagnose...

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Systems Thinking for Management Consultants: Introducing Holistic Flexibility (Flexible Systems Management)
RRP: £65.64 Paperback: 549 pp: Publisher: Springer; 1st ed. 2019 edition; ISBN: 978-9811385322 This book discusses how systems thinking and approaches can aid management consultants in navigating the complexities of client advisory in current realities. It thereby brings to the forefront aspects of holism, flexibility and responsibility - the keys to success in today’s world. Management...
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Systems Thinking for Management Consultants: Introducing Holistic Flexibility (Flexible Systems Management)
RRP: £65.64 Paperback: 549 pp: Publisher: Springer; 1st ed. 2019 edition; ISBN: 978-9811385322 This book discusses how systems thinking and approaches can aid management consultants in navigating the complexities of client advisory in current realities. It thereby brings to the forefront aspects of holism, flexibility and responsibility - the keys to success in today’s world. Management...

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Sidewalk and Toronto: Critical Systems Heuristics and the Smart City
`Smart cities', urban development projects that design computational systems and sensory technology to monitor activity and regulate energy consumption and resource distribution, are a frontier for the prospective deployment of ICTs for sustainability. Often reduced to technological problems of optimization, these projects have implications far beyond narrow environmental and consumptive frames of...
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Sidewalk and Toronto: Critical Systems Heuristics and the Smart City
`Smart cities', urban development projects that design computational systems and sensory technology to monitor activity and regulate energy consumption and resource distribution, are a frontier for the prospective deployment of ICTs for sustainability. Often reduced to technological problems of optimization, these projects have implications far beyond narrow environmental and consumptive frames of...

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The Viability of Organizations Vol. 1: Decoding the "DNA" of Organizations
RRP: £36.83 Hardcover: 258 pages Publisher: Springer; 1st ed. 2019 edition (3 Jun. 2019) ISBN: 3030120139 Today’s complexity, speed, and need for adaptation are putting organizations under stress. Understanding how organizations function and truly come alive has become a critical competency. And yet, organizations still seem to lack a solid understanding of what constitutes meaningful, viable, and...
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The Viability of Organizations Vol. 1: Decoding the "DNA" of Organizations
RRP: £36.83 Hardcover: 258 pages Publisher: Springer; 1st ed. 2019 edition (3 Jun. 2019) ISBN: 3030120139 Today’s complexity, speed, and need for adaptation are putting organizations under stress. Understanding how organizations function and truly come alive has become a critical competency. And yet, organizations still seem to lack a solid understanding of what constitutes meaningful, viable, and...

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The Pervasive and Pernicious Effects of Neglecting Systems Thinking
Abstract: This note brings together a number of problems that are usually considered separately but which seem to have a common root in neglect of, or avoidance of, systems thinking. The note begins by reviewing a number of studies from which seriously misleading conclusions have been drawn because they uncritically adopted the perspective of reductionist science and failed to document outcomes to...
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The Pervasive and Pernicious Effects of Neglecting Systems Thinking
Abstract: This note brings together a number of problems that are usually considered separately but which seem to have a common root in neglect of, or avoidance of, systems thinking. The note begins by reviewing a number of studies from which seriously misleading conclusions have been drawn because they uncritically adopted the perspective of reductionist science and failed to document outcomes to...
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Critical Systems Thinking and the Management of Complexity
RRP: £54.76 Hardcover: 728 pages Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell (22 Mar. 2019) ISBN: 1119118379 The world has become increasingly networked and unpredictable. Decision makers at all levels are required to manage the consequences of complexity every day. They must deal with problems that arise unexpectedly, generate uncertainty, are characterised by interconnectivity and spread across traditional...
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Critical Systems Thinking and the Management of Complexity
RRP: £54.76 Hardcover: 728 pages Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell (22 Mar. 2019) ISBN: 1119118379 The world has become increasingly networked and unpredictable. Decision makers at all levels are required to manage the consequences of complexity every day. They must deal with problems that arise unexpectedly, generate uncertainty, are characterised by interconnectivity and spread across traditional...

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The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education
RRP: £22.42 Paperback : 240 pages ISBN : 0262535939 Publisher : MIT Press; third edition (5 Oct. 2018) Language: : English A new edition of a book that details the system of transformation underlying the 14 Points for Management presented in Deming's Out of the Crisis. It would be better if everyone would work together as a system, with the aim for everybody to win. What we need is cooperation and...
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The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education
RRP: £22.42 Paperback : 240 pages ISBN : 0262535939 Publisher : MIT Press; third edition (5 Oct. 2018) Language: : English A new edition of a book that details the system of transformation underlying the 14 Points for Management presented in Deming's Out of the Crisis. It would be better if everyone would work together as a system, with the aim for everybody to win. What we need is cooperation and...

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Kybernetik, Lean, Digital - für intelligente, schlanke und vernetzte Bauprojekte
RRP: 20 € Taschenbuch: 188 Seiten Verlag: Independently published (8. September 2018) Sprache: Deutsch ISBN: 1717899323 Warum sollten Sie dieses Buch lesen? Wenn Sie nach Verbindungen (zwischen Kybernetik, Lean und Digitalisierung) suchen, die bislang nicht aufgedeckt waren. Wenn sich Theorie und Praxis für Sie nicht gegenseitig ausschließen, sondern bereichern. Wenn Sie Impulse, Anregungen und...
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Kybernetik, Lean, Digital - für intelligente, schlanke und vernetzte Bauprojekte
RRP: 20 € Taschenbuch: 188 Seiten Verlag: Independently published (8. September 2018) Sprache: Deutsch ISBN: 1717899323 Warum sollten Sie dieses Buch lesen? Wenn Sie nach Verbindungen (zwischen Kybernetik, Lean und Digitalisierung) suchen, die bislang nicht aufgedeckt waren. Wenn sich Theorie und Praxis für Sie nicht gegenseitig ausschließen, sondern bereichern. Wenn Sie Impulse, Anregungen und...

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Toward Valuing with Critical Systems Heuristics
Article in American Journal of Evaluation, v39 n2 p201-220 Jun 2018 [download £29] Evaluation is defined by its central task of valuing--the process and product of judging the merit, worth, or significance of a policy or program. However, there are no clear-cut ways to consider values and render value judgments in evaluation practice. There remains contention in the evaluation field about whether...
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Toward Valuing with Critical Systems Heuristics
Article in American Journal of Evaluation, v39 n2 p201-220 Jun 2018 [download £29] Evaluation is defined by its central task of valuing--the process and product of judging the merit, worth, or significance of a policy or program. However, there are no clear-cut ways to consider values and render value judgments in evaluation practice. There remains contention in the evaluation field about whether...

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The Confrontation Analysis Handbook: How to Resolve Confrontations by Eliminating Dilemmas; Innovations in Wargaming Volume 3
RRP: £14.95 Paperback: 92 pages Publisher: lulu.com (26 Mar 2018) ISBN: 0244913870 Confrontation Analysis, also called dilemma analysis or drama theory, was originally devised by Professor Nigel Howard in 1997 as a way of modelling crises. Although used by UK General Rupert Smith in his 2006 book The Utility of Force, the method fell into obscurity. After 10 years work in the defence sector, the...
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The Confrontation Analysis Handbook: How to Resolve Confrontations by Eliminating Dilemmas; Innovations in Wargaming Volume 3
RRP: £14.95 Paperback: 92 pages Publisher: lulu.com (26 Mar 2018) ISBN: 0244913870 Confrontation Analysis, also called dilemma analysis or drama theory, was originally devised by Professor Nigel Howard in 1997 as a way of modelling crises. Although used by UK General Rupert Smith in his 2006 book The Utility of Force, the method fell into obscurity. After 10 years work in the defence sector, the...

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Die Intelligente Organisation: Das Playbook für organisatorische Komplexität
RRP: 24,95 € Taschenbuch : 286 Seiten ISBN-10 : 3869804092 Publisher : BusinessVillage GmbH (19 Mar. 2018) Language : German In Zeiten zunehmender Dynamik erkennen immer mehr Unternehmen, dass das tayloristische „Command & Control“ nicht mehr funktioniert. Auch die Reduktion auf Teal Organisations oder Holokratie und andere Kochrezepte bringen keineswegs die erhofften Erfolge. Wir müssen erkennen...
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Die Intelligente Organisation: Das Playbook für organisatorische Komplexität
RRP: 24,95 € Taschenbuch : 286 Seiten ISBN-10 : 3869804092 Publisher : BusinessVillage GmbH (19 Mar. 2018) Language : German In Zeiten zunehmender Dynamik erkennen immer mehr Unternehmen, dass das tayloristische „Command & Control“ nicht mehr funktioniert. Auch die Reduktion auf Teal Organisations oder Holokratie und andere Kochrezepte bringen keineswegs die erhofften Erfolge. Wir müssen erkennen...
