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The Manager's Pocket Guide to Systems Thinking and Learning
written by Stephen G. Haines
Studio : HRD Press
by HRD Press
Publisher : HRD Press
Released : 1999-02
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780874254532
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 7 reviews)
List Price : $12.95
Our Price : $5.44
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Product Description |
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Systems Thinking is a more natural and better way to think, learn, act, and achieve desired results. Effectively implemented, it can dramatically improve a manager's effectiveness in today's complex and interconnected business world. This book provides managers with many practical new Systems Thinking tools and the main concepts of Systems Thinking to enhance individual, team, and organizational learning, change, and performance. Every manager should have a copy! |
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definitely a pocket guide |
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Apart from the number of typos which I got distracted by (maybe someone forgot to run the book through spell check) the book is definitely just a pocket guide that takes some general systems thinking concepts to support a traditional top down strategy development & change management approach. Topics such as emergence and self organization appear to be missing. |
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Not sure this really works for managers |
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The book is just a bit too off the mark for me. Didn't clarify ST- just muddied the waters. Not recommended. |
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This pocket guide is a great fit for today's "time crunching" managers. |
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Having read Haines' "The Complete Guide to Systems Thinking & Learning," I was glad to see a shorter, easy to use guide. What I liked most about this guide is the simple models & guideline boxes. How much simpler can it get than having someone remind you how to use the models or ask you the questions necessary to put theory into practice? In my opinion, this pocket guide is a great fit for today's "time crunching" managers. |
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An introductory (maybe too much) book |
I was looking for a simple book on systems thinking and this is definitly it. However I find it in many cases too simplistic. It mixes hard and soft system thinking without enough care for the origin of this separation. If you are interested in system thinking you can start here but certainly not stop here.
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Great Book |
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This book presents the elements of systems thinking in a clear and simple way. |
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