Managing and engineering in complex situations [electronic resource] / edited by Samuel F. Kovacic, Andres Sousa-Poza.
With so many terms available to define the same thing, it would seem nearly irresponsible to introduce yet another term (complex situation) to describe a phenomenological state of such as a system. However, a complex situation infers both a broader meaning and imposes a different perspective. Comple...
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Table of Contents:
- Theory on Wicked Problems and Complex Situations. A Narrative of [Complex] Situations and Situations Theory / Andres Sousa-Poza
- PRISM
- A Philosophical Foundation for Complex Situations / Van E. Brewer
- Understanding and Complex Situations / Jose J. Padilla
- The Gestalt Imperative: A Proposition for Understanding / Samuel F. Kovacic
- Description of Wicked Problems. Sustainable Development as a Wicked Problem / Jonathan Pryshlakivsky, Cory Searcy
- Complexity and Command at the Operational Level of War / Vince Berardini
- The Wicked Problem of a Cognitive Environment in Complex Situations / Ryland C. Gaskins III
- Reverse Decision Making: An Interpretive Framework for Pragmatic Decision Making / Samuel F. Kovacic
- Leadership in Complex Situations / Diane K. Norbutus, Thomas J. Norbutus
- United States Joint Forces Command: As Wicked Problem / William O. Welsh III
- Cases and Approaches. Using Systems Design to Solve Complex Problems: Case Studies from Iraq / Nathan A. Minami
- Making Sense of Messy Medical Data Through Constructed Charts of Functional Distances / Lincoln Gray
- "Effectively Living Near the Edge": An Extraordinary Management Tool for Mastering Wicked Problems / Richard N. Knowles.