Systems modelling
Subtitle: theory and practice
By: edited by  Michael Pidd
Contributors: Pidd, Michael
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Chichester, England; Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
Subjects: Decision making -- Simulation methods; Management -- Simulation methods
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: 1: Complementarity in systems modelling / Michael Pidd; title: Systems modelling; title: Messes and wicked problems; title: Hard and soft approaches; title: What do we mean by complementarity?; title: References; title: 2: Insights from complexity: organisational change and systems modelling / Michael Lyons; title: Introduction; title: Complex adaptive systems and complexity; title: Complexity and management; title: Working with systemic problems; title: The simulation of complexity; title: Conclusion: complementarity intrinsic to complexity?; title: References; title: 3: 'Classic' or and 'soft' or - an asymmetric complementarity / Peter Checkland and Sue Holwell; title: Introduction; title: Classic or methodology; title: Soft systems methodology; title: 'Hard' and 'soft' perspectives; title: The relation between 'hard' and 'soft' perspectives : an asymmetric complementarity; title: Conclusion; title: References; title: 4: The effectiveness of high dependency care / Roth Kowalczyk; title: Introduction; title: The issues; title: Effective high dependency care provision; title: Methods and methodology; title: Analysing the introduction of high dependency care; title: Effects; title: Conclusions; title: References; title: 5: Complementarity in practice / George Paterson; title: Introduction; title: Organisational setting for or/ms practice; title: Types of assistance available; title: Or/ms in relation to other consulting offerings; title: Models and modelling; title: Examples from the oil and gas industry; title: Complementarity of hard and soft; title: References; title: 6: The complementary use of hard and soft or in developing tax policy / Joyce Brown and Ceri Cooper; title: Introduction; title: Background; title: The hard or in the tax study; title: The soft or; title: Complementarity; title: Acknowledgements; title: References; title: 7: Mental models and learning in system dynamics practice: john morecroft; title: Introduction; title: Mental models, transitional objects and formal models; title: Models of business and social systems; title: The BBC World Service modelling project; title: The impact on managerial thinking of the World Service project; title: Discussion; title: References; title: 8: Using causal mapping - individual and group, traditional and new / Fran Ackermann and Colin Eden.; title: Background to mapping; title: Modes of use; title: Applications of mapping