Systemic thinking : building maps of worlds of systems /
Boardman, John,1946-
Sauser, Brian.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-237) and index.
Where we start from -- Systemic introduction -- Raining on my cascade -- It's the whole, stupid! -- The answer is, "pioneer acron pancakes" -- Frameworks -- The conceptagon -- Boundaries, interiors, and exteriors -- Parts, relationships, and wholes -- Inputs, outputs, and transformations -- Control, command, and communication -- Structure, process, and function -- Variety, parsimony, and harmony -- Openness, hierarchy, and emergence -- What ?? -- Why ?? -- When ?? -- How ?? -- Who ?? -- Where ?? -- To arrive where we started.
Systems engineering.
System theory.
Problem solving.