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Making Better Decisions Using Systems Thinking: How to stop firefighting, deal with root causes and deliver permanent solutions


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Provides a framework to help managers and leaders go beyond simply fighting fires every day Addresses decision-makers to achieve a longer term and more effective approach by stepping back and analyzing the system as a whole Offers the tools to address the underlying causes of recurring problems and deliver long-term solutions

Table of Contents:
Chapter1 Making better decisions using Systems Thinking.- Chapter2 What is systems thinking.- Chapter3 The evolutionary heritage.- Chapter4 Good management.- Chapter5 A systemic view of organisations.- Chapter 6 Impatient managers create chaos.- Chapter7 The Value Creation Model.- Chapter8 The value creation model in action.- Chapter9 What has been done when the work is done.- Chapter10 Driving forces that generate and sustain patterns.- Chapter11 Two driving forces in depth: Mental models and Team learning.- Chapter12 Looking under the surface of the lily pond.-  Chapter13 Pitfalls of short time horizon.- Chapter14 Adaptive leadership.- Chapter15 Systemic Pitfalls in Cooperation.

About the Author :
Dr. Jaap Schaveling (Dutch, 1956) is associate professor Leadership & Cooperation. He teaches Cooperation on team, organization and inter-organizational level, Social Psychology, Organizational Dynamics and Leadership. As a business coach he facilitates the management teams of various companies. His research work at this moment is about multiparty situations, inter-team processes, innovative behavior and higher order skills. His mission is to co-create living teams and organizations i.e. to stimulate teams and organizations to develop into learning and sustainable bodies by strengthening certain disciplines, in particular personal mastery, social psychology, organizational dynamics and systems thinking. Bill Bryan is a now-retired plant manager of large chemical plants. He studied chemistry at Leiden University and forged a career in the chemical industry with DSM. Starting in fundamental research and then moving onto big semi-industrial development projects, Bryan specialized in basic materials like solvents, melamine and caprolactam. From there he moved his career towards the production plants of ABS and PVC. Last years of career he spent as management consultant.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9783319876627
  • Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
  • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 173
  • Returnable: N
  • Width: 155 mm
  • ISBN-10: 3319876627
  • Publisher Date: 05 Sep 2018
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: How to stop firefighting, deal with root causes and deliver permanent solutions


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