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Systems Thinking for Effective Managers: The Road Less Travelled

Systems Thinking for Effective Managers: The Road Less Travelled


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Traditional education has been extremely biased towards science, owing primarily to the success that science has demonstrated in the last three centuries.  While the methods of science are greatly, if not fully, responsible for its success, these are grossly inadequate in the context of societal systems and the complexities that managers and leaders deal with. The real world is markedly different and heavily interconnected. Systems thinking is the perfect antidote to the stagnation that characterizes managerial theories and practices. Conventional management, constrained by a sanitized world view, is no longer able to deliver as it did in the past. Expanding horizons and thinking holistically unveils the big picture and builds a body of knowledge more suited to the changing times we live in.

Table of Contents:
Foreword by Arun Maira Preface Acknowledgments My Tryst with Systems Science-The Prima Donna Reality-The Karmakshetra The Leap into the Unknown Action Derivatives of Systems The Stabilizing and Creative System Self-organization Complexity and Its Management Management Styles in a Systems World Leadership The Last Words Bibliography

About the Author :
Prashun Dutta, a veteran with over three and a half decades of work experience initially as a management consultant with the National Productivity Council and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and later as a senior executive at Reliance group of companies, has a heady mix of management consulting and industrial engagement under his belt. A postgraduate in industrial engineering and a Fellow (equivalent to PhD) of the IIM Calcutta, he has worked in the areas of strategy, structure, and systems for an array of businesses and governmental organizations. As a senior executive with Reliance Industries, Prashun started with managing the business analysis function for the Polyester Fibre Group and went on to assume the role of chief information officer (CIO) at Reliance Infrastructure. Subsequently, he became the CIO at Tata Power from where he superannuated in 2015. Now attached to Gaia Smart Cities, a startup company in the smart cities, and Internet of Things (IoT) space as Advisor, Prashun is applying his systems thinking approach anew. The diverse experience is posited on a polymath personality, with wide-ranging interests from history through quantum physics to tennis and music. Acquaintance with such apparently disparate areas allows Prashun the appreciation of subtle commonalities and interlinkages that exist between them. The consequent “big picture” that emerges, feeds the passion for systems thinking and Prashun has an abundance of it. This book is a direct outcome of this intrinsic fountain. Like most articulate/eloquent individuals, he delivers talks on a variety of topics and has written extensively in several magazines and journals. A recipient of several awards both for his work and as a thought leader, he now lives in Mumbai with his wife and two sons. He has started penning his thoughts in a blog, Managing In The Big Picture (thebigpicture492.wordpress.com)

Review :
"… a thought-provoking book … a compelling case for a ‘holistic’ approach for decision-making in organizations … will appeal to both the management thinker and the thinking manager." "… a thought-provoking book … a compelling case for a ‘holistic’ approach for decision-making in organizations … will appeal to both the management thinker and the thinking manager."   "… an intellectual masterpiece … the author has illustrated the inadequacy of scientific approach in general management, … articulating various systems-based approaches … that help steer with dexterity in innumerable … situations—simple or complex!"


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9789386446732
  • Publisher: Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd
  • Height: 215 mm
  • No of Pages: 220
  • Sub Title: The Road Less Travelled
  • Width: 139 mm
  • ISBN-10: 9386446731
  • Publisher Date: 11 Aug 2017
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 290 gr


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