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xvii, 302 p. : figs., concl., bibl., index ; 24 cm In a nutshell, this book is about systems. This book is written for those thinkers and practitioners who have come to realize that while the whole is becoming more and more interdependent parts display choice and behave independently, and that paradoxes are the most potent challenge of emergent realities. With a practical orientation and yet a profound theoretical depth, the book offers an operational handle on the whole by introducing an elaborate scheme called iterative design. The iterative design explicitly recognizes that choice is at the heart of human development. Development is the capacity to choose; design is a vehicle for enhancement of choice and holistic thinking. ’Designers’, in this book, seek to choose rather than predict the future. They try to understand rational, emotional, and cultural dimensions of choice and to produce a design that satisfies a multitude of functions. They learn how to use what they already know and also about how to learn what they need to know. TABLE OF CONTENTS Part I Systems Philosophy: The Name of the Devil Part II Systems Theories: The Nature of the Beast Part III Systems Methodology: The Logic of the Madness Part IV Systems Practice: The Gutsy Few Bibliography Index LXMF 79 0750671637 Perpustakaan - Sekolah Tinggi Manajemen PPM Pusat Informasi Manajemen LXMF 79 Gha 29375 2004-02-13 00:00:00 2012-04-30 00:00:00 machine generated