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The last two decades increasingly have challenged the field of management by confronting it with rapidly growing levels of dynamism, inter-connectedness, and complexity. Systems-based management approaches, their promise already proven, offer great potentials for influencing and coping with this development. This collection of essays offers ideas and exemplary case studies from experts in systemic management, organiza-tional cybernetics, and system dynamics for meeting the challenges in so-cio-economic systems. This book was compiled to honor the academic achievement of Markus Schwaninger, a leading protagonist in developing the field of systemic management and organizational cybernetics. His stature in the field is demonstrated in the forewords by Raul Espejo and John Sterman. The efforts of 18 researchers and practitioners, all closely related to Markus Schwaninger, offer conceptual and empirical approaches that will allow managers and advanced students of the management profession to analyze, understand, and design intelligent organizations. The book weaves its content from both theory and practice and offers hints for improving a variety of organizations, both private and public, profit and non-profit, and large and small.
List of contents
Forewords.- Introduction.- Part I: Methodology.- Part II: Management.- Part III: System Dynamics.- Part IV: Viable System Model.- List of Authors.
About the author
Stefan Grösser studierte wischen 2000 und 2004 an der Universität Stuttgart Betriebswirtschaftslehre. Er beendete das Studium mit dem Titel Diplom-Kaufmann technisch. Danach studierende er von 2004 bis 2005 an der Universität Bergen in Norwegen die Simulationswissenschaft System Dynamics und schloss mit dem Master of Philosophy ab. Neben einer Anstellung in einer Unternehmensberatung promovierte er an der Universität St. Gallen in Managementlehre und beendete seine Promotion im Jahr 2011. Während seiner Promotion war er als Gastforscher an der Sloan School of Management am Massachusetts Institute of Technology aktiv. Seit 2011 ist Grösser als Professor für Strategisches Management an der Berner Fachhochschule tätig. Dort leitet er das Strategy and Simulation Lab (S-Lab).
Summary
The last two decades increasingly have challenged the field of management by confronting it with rapidly growing levels of dynamism, inter-connectedness, and complexity. Systems-based management approaches, their promise already proven, offer great potentials for influencing and coping with this development. This collection of essays offers ideas and exemplary case studies from experts in systemic management, organiza-tional cybernetics, and system dynamics for meeting the challenges in so-cio-economic systems. This book was compiled to honor the academic achievement of Markus Schwaninger, a leading protagonist in developing the field of systemic management and organizational cybernetics. His stature in the field is demonstrated in the forewords by Raul Espejo and John Sterman. The efforts of 18 researchers and practitioners, all closely related to Markus Schwaninger, offer conceptual and empirical approaches that will allow managers and advanced students of the management profession to analyze, understand, and design intelligent organizations. The book weaves its content from both theory and practice and offers hints for improving a variety of organizations, both private and public, profit and non-profit, and large and small.
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From the reviews:
"The book is dedicated to celebrate the work of Markus Schwaninger ... . I really recommend you have one copy of this excellent work. ... This book is unique and the best on this theme and it is a necessary reading for anyone interested in these topics and besides that the book is very well written and very well presented and organized." (Inspire and Action Blog, inspireandaction.wordpress.com, November, 2013)
