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Problem-Solving

by Howard Eisner

June 2021

Beginner

162 pages

4h 1m

English

CRC Press

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Five Large-Scale ProblemsPredatory PricingGetting Through CollegeThe Climate IssueCybersecurityThe Crisis in IT (Information Technology)Problems from the Author’s ExperienceProblems for the Systems EngineerTop Department of Defense (DoD) Management ProblemsOverall Concept of This TreatiseGeneric Stepwise Approach to Problem-SolvingSolving Problems is Our Primary Focus; Thinking SupportsExercisesReferences
Thinking as Necessary in Problem-SolvingThe Learning OrganizationMoving on to Hewlett-PackardDesign Thinking - Change by DesignAnnual ReportsXeroxAmazonMicrosoftSAS (Institute)Northrop GrummanAlphabet (Google)IntelLockheed MartinAppleGeneral DynamicsRaytheonLeidosThemesExercisesReferences

Innovation RevisitedBetter Idea StoriesNetflixIBM: Watson, Sr. and Jr.XeroxAppleAmazonFacebookGoogle (Alphabet)OracleSASFedExA Group of Generic “Problems” and “Solutions”Blockbuster and NetflixIndustry and the DoDWhat Business Are We In?IBM and MicrosoftDr. Deming and Japan and the USXerox PARC and Steve JobsSaul Steinberg and LeascoCoke/Classic Coke, Old TasteGood Idea, Failed Follow-ThroughAcronym for the Individual with Potentially Better IdeaExercisesReferences
The “N step” DisciplinesTechnical Decomposition/ReductionistModeling and SimulationLateral Thinking and (Lateral) Problem-SolvingTotal Systems InterventionGeneralized/Systems ApproachDesign ApproachExpert SystemsDefinitive Mathematics and Statistics-Based MethodsStatistics-Based ApproachDoD-SuggestedHow is That for Out-of-the-Box Thinking?Decision Support SystemsCost-Effectiveness AnalysisExercisesReferences
Federally Funded R&D CentersSystems Engineering Research CentersThe MITRE CorporationMITRE Awards over the YearsThe Aerospace CorporationThe RAND CorporationANSERIDACNAEnergy National LabsExercisesReferences
The Coin Weighing ProblemTypes of AlgorithmsThe Kalman FilterThe Minimum Computer Step ProblemThe Matchstick ProblemThe Efficient Message Coding ProblemThe River-Crossing ProblemParameter Dependency DiagrammingThe National Aviation SystemA Radar SubmodelAn Optimal SearchLaplace and Fourier TransformsLagrange MultipliersAllocation of Requirements ErrorsA Walk in the ParkThe Bottom LineExercisesReferences
Selected Thinkers and Problem-Solvers and How They ThoughtDa VinciEinsteinNewtonDescartesFeynmanEdisonRussellHawkingFranklinJeffersonSocratesSaint AugustineAristotlePlatoDarwinThe Bottom LineReferences
The DoD Artificial Intelligence CenterThe JAIC and AI TechnologySeeing the Forest and the TreesOverview of Expert SystemsThe State of AI in the EnterpriseA Research AgendaThe Future of AIExercisesReferences
GroupThinkThe DoD and Group ThinkingGroup Decision Support Systems (Software)Commercial Decision Support SystemsCollaborative Software SystemsSelf-organizing and High-Performance GroupsExercisesReferences
InnovationInnovation in Colleges and CompaniesFordham SurveyAmerica’s Innovation StrategyProblem-Solving StrategiesVision 2030DARPAThe Eight DisciplinesThe Lemelson CenterMilitary Design ThinkingAppreciative InquiryGrounded TheoryMorphological AnalysisThe 2 × 2 MatrixSynecticsProblem-Solving and Re-engineeringCost EffectivenessCost Assessment Data EnterpriseMeasures of EffectivenessMOEs for a Communications SystemMOEs for a Transportation SystemLeontief ModelCommentary on Systems of SystemsProblem-Solving by Reduced Clock SpeedGeorge Washington University Class Using “Thinking” as TextbookCourses Meet via Blackboard Collaborate UltraExercisesReferences
Twelve Problem-Solving ApproachesTwelve Thinking ApproachesAnother Twelve Thinking ApproachesExercisesReferences

Overview

Problem-solving and better thinking skills are among the top skills that employers are looking for. This book presents various methods of problem-solving that can be adapted to any field. It focuses on a set of a dozen new approaches with an ending result to finding better solutions to problems that you may have previously found difficult.