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Realising Systems Thinking : Knowledge and Action in Management Science

Knowledge and Action in Management Science

By: John Mingers

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Hardcover | 1 June 2006

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This wide-ranging book deals, in a detailed and scholarly way, with the contribution of a systems approach to a range of disciplines from philosophy and biology to social theory and management. It weaves together material from some of the pre-eminent thinkers of the day - Maturana, Varela, Bateson, Merleau-Ponty, Checkland, Giddens, Habermas, Bhaskar, and Luhmann - to create a coherent path from the most fundamental work on philosophical issues of ontology and epistemology through specific domains of knowledge about the nature of information and meaning, human communication, and social intervention right up to the implications of these theoretical developments for action and intervention in real-world affairs.

It will be of interest to scholars in philosophy, biology, information systems, communications, social theory, management science and operational research as well as everyone in the systems community.

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"This book provides a thorough evaluation of the philosophy of systems, ending up with an introduction to multimethodology and its application in real situations. ... The style of the book is uncompromisingly academic with full referencing ... and relevant quotations. ... is targeted at the academic community and will serve this audience well, most especially those undertaking research degrees with a heavy bias towards non-physical science areas of interest. ... It does provide a good academic foundation for multimethodology applications." (Jane Holland, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 59, 2008)

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Non-Fiction Business & Management Business Mathematics & Systems Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Subjects Research & Information Information theory Cybernetics & Systems Theory Operational Research Business Strategy Management & Management Techniques Management of Specific Areas Knowledge Management

Computing & I.T.Computer Science Business Applications Sociology & Anthropology Sociology Organisational Theory & Behaviour Management Decision Making

Introduction	p. 1
Philosophical foundations : critical realism	p. 11
Living systems : autopoiesis	p. 33
Observing systems : the question of boundaries	p. 65
Cognising systems : information and meaning	p. 103
Knowledge and truth	p. 133
Communication and social interaction	p. 149
Social systems	p. 167
Management science and multimethodology	p. 197
The process of multimethodology	p. 217
Reprise	p. 257
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Realising Systems Thinking : Knowledge and Action in Management Science

Knowledge and Action in Management Science

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