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Systems Thinking, 3rd Edition
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Systems Thinking, 3rd Edition

by Jamshid Gharajedaghi
August 2011
Intermediate to advanced
376 pages
11h 15m
English
Morgan Kaufmann
Content preview from Systems Thinking, 3rd Edition
Index
Note: Page numbers followed by t indicate tables and f indicate figures.
A
Ackoff's circular organization
99–100, 100f
Alienation
173
Analytical thinking
8
Apple operating system
185–186
Architecture design
337
B
Business architecture
authority and responsibility
190, 191f
component builders
192
design process
181, 182f
functions
189–190
global market economy
181
input dimension
centralization and decentralization
195
core technologies
195–196
economy of scale
195
market price
194
special-purpose modules
194, 194f
uniformity
195
internal market economy
agreeable and disagreeable service provider
198
bureaucratization
198
customer–provider relationship
201
linear framework
201
matrix organizations
197
multidimensional design
198, 199f
superior–subordinate relationship
197, 198–199
two-boss ...
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ISBN: 9780123859150