Systems Thinkers
$229.59
- Paperback
324 pages
- Release Date
20 February 2020
Summary
In our profoundly complex and interconnected world, there is a pressing need for systems thinking, to consider environmental, societal and organisational issues as interconnected wholes rather than separating them into parts and looking at each in isolation. This book presents a biographical history of systems thinking, by examining the life and work of thirty of its major thinkers.
Systems Thinkers discusses each thinker’s key contributions, the way this contribution was expressed …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781447174745 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1447174747 |
| Author: | Magnus Ramage, Karen Shipp |
| Publisher: | Springer London Ltd |
| Imprint: | Springer London Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 324 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 20 February 2020 |
| Weight: | 534g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 155mm |
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About The Author
Magnus Ramage
Magnus Ramage is a senior lecturer in Information Systems at The Open University, where he has worked since 2000, teaching systems thinking and sociotechnical IT systems. As well as researching the history of systems thinking, he conducts research on critical approaches to the concept of information and on the organisational and social impact of collaborative technologies. He holds a PhD in information systems from the University of Lancaster.
Karen Shipp is an educator and facilitator who created interactive and transformative learning experiences at The Open University from 1987 to 2011, the last ten of these as a lecturer in the Systems Group.
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