The Manager's Pocket Guide to Systems Thinking and learning

by Stephen G. Haines

Book Overview

Enterprises in today's Global Information Age must keep up with rapid changes in technology while overhauling businesses, programs, and operations to meet the changing values and demands of customers... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874254531
• ISBN13: 9780874254532
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Human Resource Development Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 7.2"

Customer Reviews

This pocket guide is a great fit for today's "time crunching" managers.

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.

Great Book

This book presents the elements of systems thinking in a clear and simple way.

Systems Thinking Made Understandable

Haines gives an excellent explanation of systems dynamics. This book makes systems theory understandable, practical, and easy to apply. Haines provides models, tools, and explanations that help the reader put systems theory to use in personal and organizational development.

Shows how a systems approach can simplify all change

Simplifies and clarifies a new, universal approach to all organizational change--systems thinking--that I was able to put into action immediately and virtually eliminate crisis management.Provides clear, easy-to-implement management tools--including a great strategic planning model--for facilitating change on every level, while supplying a blueprint for real-time, interorganizational communication.