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Informationen zum Autor Howard Eisner has served as Distinguished Research Professor in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at The George Washington University (GWU) since 1989. Prior to that time he spent 30 years in industry where he was a researcher, manager and executive, serving as president of two systems engineering companies. He has written five books that relate to systems and engineering. In 1994, he received the GWU Engineering Alumni Award for Outstanding Achievement. Klappentext No detailed description available for "Topics in Systems". Zusammenfassung Looks at many types of systems from various points of view, dealing with topics such as how they are created, their features, how they serve us, the roles of the human, the systems approach, systems thinking, how we can maximize their benefits, how to repair them, and how we are able to use them to solve problems and improve quality of life. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1) Introduction 2) Systems 3) Engineering 4) Systems Engineering 5) Systems Analysis 6) Educating 7) Entrepreneuring 8) The Human Element 9) Changing and Fixing Systems 10) Business as a System 11) Slippages in Systems 12) Managing Systems 13) Integrating Systems 14) Commentary and Heuristics 15) Recapitulation Appendix: Systems Thinkers