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RRP: £11.78 Hardcover : 352 pages ISBN : 0813824079 Publisher : Iowa State University Press; 2nd Revised edition (1 Mar. 1994) Language: : English
This text first defines interactive management and then discusses the primary outcomes of IM use, the levels of success which may be selected, and phases of and roles important to its successful use. It also describes effective applications, results and methods of evaluation.
RRP: £34.85 Perfect Paperback: 376 pages Publisher: Campus Verlag (1 Dec. 1992) ISBN: 3593347830
RRP: £25 Hardcover: 412 pages Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 2 edition (27 July 1990) ISBN: 0471927163
"Systems: Concepts, Methodologies and Applications, Second Edition" is brought forward by Brian Wilson Department of Systems and Information Management, Lancaster University, UK. The result of many years' experience, this book, now extensively revised and updated, emphasizes the application of systems concepts and methodologies that have ... Read more
RRP: £73.54 Hardcover: 484 pages Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (26 July 1989) ISBN: 0471922889
A primer and casebook on the theory and practice of Stafford Beer's Viable System Model (VSM). Explains the VSM model, and demonstrates how it works. Case studies show practical applications of the VSM model, including discussion of implementation issues.
OOP but widely available from £2 - £12 Paperback : 288 pages ISBN : 0399550003 Publisher : TarcherPerigee; First Edition (1 Nov. 1988) Language: : English
Whether you're the owner of our own small business, a middle manager in a mid-sized company, or the CEO of a multinational, this book can show you how to improve your profits and productivity. How? By following the principles of The Deming Management Method.
Middle- and top-echel... Read more
RRP: £12.75 Hardcover : 520 pages ISBN : 0911379010 Publisher : MIT Center for Advanced Engineering Study; Nineteenth Printing edition (1 Jun. 1986) Language: : English
According to W. Edwards Deming, American companies require nothing less than a transformation of management style and of governmental relations with industry. In Out of the Crisis, originally published in 1986, Deming offers a theory of management based on his famous... Read more
RRP: ~£40 Paperback: 178 pages Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; New edition (28 Sep 1994) ISBN: 0471951366
In Brain of the Firm and The Heart of Enterprise Stafford Beer worked out the scientific laws that govern any viable system. They constitute the basis for this book which is concerned solely with the application of those laws to the understanding of any particular enterprise. In the form of a Handbook or Manager's Guide, Diagnosing t... Read more
Out of Print Paperback: 263 pages Publisher: Routledge; Reprint edition (1 Jan. 1991) ISBN: 2881245188
RRP: £41.46 Paperback: 424 pages Publisher: JW; New Ed edition (16 Sept. 1999) ISBN: 9780471986065
Systems Thinking, Systems Practice "Whether by design, accident or merely synchronicity, Checkland appears to have developed a habit of writing seminal publications near the start of each decade which establish the basis and framework for systems methodology research for that decade." Hamish Rennie, Journal of the Operational Research Society... Read more
RRP: £84.95 Paperback: 563 pages Publisher: Productivity Press; New edition edition (1 Dec. 1981)
ISBN: 0915299593
How do you apply the principles and tools of system dynamics to management, modeling, planning, and forecasting? The contributing authors of this anthology address this question in essays on complex corporate models, workload fluctuations, the "Honeywell experience," the growth strategies of a trucking company, aging organiz... Read more
