Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Systems Thinking: Managing Chaos and Complexity 3e


Systems Thinking: Managing Chaos and Complexity 3rd Edition: A Platform for Designing Business Architecture PDF Download Ebook. Jamshid Gharajedaghi synthesizes systems theory and interactive design, providing an operational methodology for defining problems and designing solutions in an environment increasingly characterized by chaos and complexity.

The current edition has been updated to include all new chapters on self-organizing systems, Holistic, Operational, and Design thinking. Gharajedaghi covers recent crises in financial systems and job markets, the housing bubble, and environment, assessing their impact on systems thinking. There are four new chapters on self-organizing systems, holistic thinking, operational thinking, and design thinking.

This text covers the recent crises in financial systems and job markets globally, the housing bubble, and the environment, assessing their impact on systems thinking. Companion website to accompany the book is available at interactdesign.com. It explores the development of complex systems and advocates for iterative design principles as a foundational philosophy for dealing with complex, chaotic systems.

The volume discusses system theory and changes to traditional paradigms in light of emerging technologies and business methodologies and explores case studies from industry leaders that showcase these systems philosophies.

Author challenged us to think backwards from an ideal competitive position instead of forwards from our existing position with all its constraints. The result was bolder thinking about change. Jamshid forces a realistic assessment of a company's strengths and weaknesses, an idealistic view of what it could be, and creates the path from point A to point B.

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