Managing and Engineering in Complex Situations - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9400755163 ISBN 13: 9789400755161

Publisher: Springer, 2013

Synopsis

1 Introduction and Overview; Andres Sousa-Poza

Part I Theory on Wicked Problems and Complex Situations

2 Narrative of [Complex] Situations and Situations Theory; Andres Sousa-Poza

3 PRISM - A Philosophical Foundation for Complex Situations; Van Brewer

4 Understanding and Complex Situations; Jose J. Padilla

5 Gestalt Imperative; Samuel F. Kovacic

Part II Description of Wicked Problems

6 Sustainable Development as a Wicked Problem; Jonathan Pryshlakivsky and Cory Searcy

7 Complexity and Command at the Operational-Level of War; Vince Berardini

8 The Wicked Problem of a Cognitive Environment in Complex Situations; Ryland C. Gaskins III

9 Reverse Decision Making (RDM): A Process for Pragmatic Decision Making; Samuel F. Kovacic [AU1]

10 Leadership in Complex Situations; Diane Norbutus

11 United States Joint Forces Command: As Wicked Problem; William O. Welsh III

Part III Cases and Approaches

12 Using Systems Design to Solve Complex Problems: Case Studies from Iraq; Nathan A. Minami

13 Making Sense of Messy Medical Data Through Constructed Charts of Functional Distances; Lincoln Gray

14 "Effectively Living Near the Edge": An Extraordinary Management Tool for Mastering Wicked Problems; Richard N. Knowles

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9400755163
• ISBN 13: 9789400755161
• Binding: Paperback