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Systemic Decision Making

Author : Patrick T. Hester
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319546724
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book Systemic Decision Making written by Patrick T. Hester and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-04-22 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This expanded second edition of the 2014 textbook features dedicated sections on action and observation, so that the reader can combine the use of the developed theoretical basis with practical guidelines for deployment. It also includes a focus on selection and use of a dedicated modeling paradigm – fuzzy cognitive mapping – to facilitate use of the proposed multi-methodology. The end goal of the text is a holistic, interdisciplinary approach to structuring and assessing complex problems, including a dedicated discussion of thinking, acting, and observing complex problems. The multi-methodology developed is scientifically grounded in systems theory and its accompanying principles, while the process emphasizes the nonlinear nature of all complex problem-solving endeavors. The authors’ clear and consistent chapter structure facilitates the book’s use in the classroom.

Tackling Complexity

Author : Gilbert Probst
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351287621
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book Tackling Complexity written by Gilbert Probst and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our socio-economic systems continue to grow and evolve. We need to acknowledge that, consequently, our decisions often fail – they are ineffective and create unexpected side effects. The speed of execution is increasing constantly and markets and systems respond almost immediately, making decision-making challenging. There is little or no room for failure.This important new book analyses real world strategy and policy challenges, addressing the interconnectedness of the markets/systems we live in. It provides a step-by-step approach using systems thinking to solve complex problems in socio-political as well as business environment. It proposes a technique with which to better understand the problems and the context in which they arise, and tools to directly inform each step of the decision-making process. The book explores the main innovation that systemic thinking introduces – the emphasis on defining the problem creating system, which is made up of interacting parts, rather than prioritizing events that need immediate fixing.The case studies, examples and the approach proposed can be used to better understand reality and its complexity, and to integrate stakeholders for a better solution. Practically, it can be used to identify problems, analyse their boundaries, design interventions, forecast and measure their expected impacts, implement them and monitor and evaluate their success/failure. The book touches upon global issues related to policy making and strategic management, as well as issues related to sustainable development for both the public and private sector.

Decision-Making for a Sustainable Environment

Author : Chris Maser
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1466552174
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (665 download)

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Download or read book Decision-Making for a Sustainable Environment written by Chris Maser and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2012-07-26 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasingly, environmental decision making is like playing a multidimensional game of chess. With interactions between the atmosphere, the litho-hydrosphere, and the biosphere, the game is at once a measure of complexity, uncertainty, interdisciplinary acuity, social-environmental sustainability, and social justice for all generations. As such, it

Reinforcement and Systemic Machine Learning for Decision Making

Author : Parag Kulkarni
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118271556
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (182 download)

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Book Synopsis Reinforcement and Systemic Machine Learning for Decision Making by : Parag Kulkarni

Download or read book Reinforcement and Systemic Machine Learning for Decision Making written by Parag Kulkarni and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-07-11 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reinforcement and Systemic Machine Learning for Decision Making There are always difficulties in making machines that learn from experience. Complete information is not always available—or it becomes available in bits and pieces over a period of time. With respect to systemic learning, there is a need to understand the impact of decisions and actions on a system over that period of time. This book takes a holistic approach to addressing that need and presents a new paradigm—creating new learning applications and, ultimately, more intelligent machines. The first book of its kind in this new and growing field, Reinforcement and Systemic Machine Learning for Decision Making focuses on the specialized research area of machine learning and systemic machine learning. It addresses reinforcement learning and its applications, incremental machine learning, repetitive failure-correction mechanisms, and multiperspective decision making. Chapters include: Introduction to Reinforcement and Systemic Machine Learning Fundamentals of Whole-System, Systemic, and Multiperspective Machine Learning Systemic Machine Learning and Model Inference and Information Integration Adaptive Learning Incremental Learning and Knowledge Representation Knowledge Augmentation: A Machine Learning Perspective Building a Learning System With the potential of this paradigm to become one of the more utilized in its field, professionals in the area of machine and systemic learning will find this book to be a valuable resource.

Systemic Thinking

Author : Patrick T. Hester
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319076299
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Systemic Thinking written by Patrick T. Hester and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-07-11 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you’re an academic or a practitioner, a sociologist, a manager, or an engineer, one can benefit from learning to think systemically. Problems (and messes) are everywhere and they’re getting more complicated every day. How we think about these problems determines whether or not we’ll be successful in understanding and addressing them. This book presents a novel way to think about problems (and messes) necessary to attack these always-present concerns. The approach draws from disciplines as diverse as mathematics, biology and psychology to provide a holistic method for dealing with problems that can be applied to any discipline. This book develops the systemic thinking paradigm, and introduces practical guidelines for the deployment of a systemic thinking approach.

Multi-Criteria Decision Making for the Management of Complex Systems

Author : Albert Voronin
Publisher : Business Science Reference
ISBN 13 : 9781522525097
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (25 download)

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Book Synopsis Multi-Criteria Decision Making for the Management of Complex Systems by : Albert Voronin

Download or read book Multi-Criteria Decision Making for the Management of Complex Systems written by Albert Voronin and published by Business Science Reference. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book describes the basic concepts and definitions of the theory of decision-making, provides a general formulation of multicriteria problems, provides the statement of the problem of the synthesis of compromise-optimal mobile objects trajectories in a conflict environment and method of solution, and other topics"--

Systemic action research

Author : Burns, Danny
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1847422756
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book Systemic action research written by Burns, Danny and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2007-10-24 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Systemic Action Research works with real social and organisational issues to uncover their complex dynamics, often revealing unexpected opportunities. This book shows how this process can be integrated, in any context, to the process of social and organisational development and change. The book explains how systemic thinking works and how Systemic Action Research can be embedded into organisational structures and processes to catalyse sustainable change and critical local interventions. Practically written, it details how to design a programme and build it directly into policy and practice development, extending the possibilities of action research beyond the 'individual' and the 'group' to work across whole organisations, multi agency governance arenas, and networks. The book is filled with illustrative stories and pictures which bring the concepts to life enabling the reader to develop a clear picture of how to put it into practice.Systemic Action Research programmes are now being adopted in Government and local governance contexts as well as in national and international NGOs. This book will be invaluable for experienced action researchers as well as social science and social policy researchers who will benefit from an approach to qualitative research which is participative, grounded in practice and allows systemic understandings of complex problems. Policy makers and practitioners will appreciate a process which generates meaningful evidence about the dynamics of change and offers a tangible system for continuously integrating that learning into both formal and informal decision-making.

Successful Decision-making

Author : Rudolf Grünig
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Successful Decision-making written by Rudolf Grünig and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Systemic Governance and Accountability

Author : Janet McIntyre-Mills
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387486747
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (874 download)

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Book Synopsis Systemic Governance and Accountability by : Janet McIntyre-Mills

Download or read book Systemic Governance and Accountability written by Janet McIntyre-Mills and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-01-16 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book makes a plea for systemic governance. It follows a practical approach including case studies and conceptual tools. Policy makers and managers need to work with rather than within theoretical and methodological frameworks. The closest we can get to truth is through compassionate dialogue that explores paradoxes and considers the rights and responsibilities of caretakers.

Noise

Author : Daniel Kahneman
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 031645138X
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book Noise written by Daniel Kahneman and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Nobel Prize-winning author of Thinking, Fast and Slow and the coauthor of Nudge, a revolutionary exploration of why people make bad judgments and how to make better ones—"a tour de force” (New York Times). Imagine that two doctors in the same city give different diagnoses to identical patients—or that two judges in the same courthouse give markedly different sentences to people who have committed the same crime. Suppose that different interviewers at the same firm make different decisions about indistinguishable job applicants—or that when a company is handling customer complaints, the resolution depends on who happens to answer the phone. Now imagine that the same doctor, the same judge, the same interviewer, or the same customer service agent makes different decisions depending on whether it is morning or afternoon, or Monday rather than Wednesday. These are examples of noise: variability in judgments that should be identical. In Noise, Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, and Cass R. Sunstein show the detrimental effects of noise in many fields, including medicine, law, economic forecasting, forensic science, bail, child protection, strategy, performance reviews, and personnel selection. Wherever there is judgment, there is noise. Yet, most of the time, individuals and organizations alike are unaware of it. They neglect noise. With a few simple remedies, people can reduce both noise and bias, and so make far better decisions. Packed with original ideas, and offering the same kinds of research-based insights that made Thinking, Fast and Slow and Nudge groundbreaking New York Times bestsellers, Noise explains how and why humans are so susceptible to noise in judgment—and what we can do about it.

Finding What Works in Health Care

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309164257
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Finding What Works in Health Care written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-07-20 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Healthcare decision makers in search of reliable information that compares health interventions increasingly turn to systematic reviews for the best summary of the evidence. Systematic reviews identify, select, assess, and synthesize the findings of similar but separate studies, and can help clarify what is known and not known about the potential benefits and harms of drugs, devices, and other healthcare services. Systematic reviews can be helpful for clinicians who want to integrate research findings into their daily practices, for patients to make well-informed choices about their own care, for professional medical societies and other organizations that develop clinical practice guidelines. Too often systematic reviews are of uncertain or poor quality. There are no universally accepted standards for developing systematic reviews leading to variability in how conflicts of interest and biases are handled, how evidence is appraised, and the overall scientific rigor of the process. In Finding What Works in Health Care the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommends 21 standards for developing high-quality systematic reviews of comparative effectiveness research. The standards address the entire systematic review process from the initial steps of formulating the topic and building the review team to producing a detailed final report that synthesizes what the evidence shows and where knowledge gaps remain. Finding What Works in Health Care also proposes a framework for improving the quality of the science underpinning systematic reviews. This book will serve as a vital resource for both sponsors and producers of systematic reviews of comparative effectiveness research.

Systematic Problem-Solving and Decision-Making

Author : Sandy Pokras
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780749401580
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Systematic Problem-Solving and Decision-Making written by Sandy Pokras and published by . This book was released on 1990-04-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Systematic Thinking for Social Action

Author : Alice M. Rivlin
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815720584
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book Systematic Thinking for Social Action written by Alice M. Rivlin and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 1971-07-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can we identify who benefits from government programs aimed at solving our social problem and who pays for them? With so many problems, how can we allocate scarce funds to promote the maximum well-being of our citizens? In this book, originally presented as the third series of H. Rowan Gaither Lectures in Systems Science at the University of California (Berkeley). Alice M. Rivlin examines the contributions that systematic analysis has made to decisionmaking in the government's "social action" programs—education, health, manpower training, and income maintenance. Drawing on her own experience in government, Mrs. Rivlin indicates where the analysts have been helpful in finding solutions and where—because of inadequate data or methods—they have been no help at all. Mrs. Rivlin concludes by urging the widespread implementation of social experimentation and acceptability by the federal government. The first in such a way as to permit valid conclusions about their effectiveness; the second would encourage the adoption of better ways of delivering services by making those who administer programs responsive to their clients. Underlying both is the requirement from comprehensive, reliable performance measures.

Systemic Management

Author : Charles W. Fowler
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 9780199567591
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (675 download)

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Download or read book Systemic Management written by Charles W. Fowler and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2010-04-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Systemic Management' describes a holistic, objective and universally applicable form of management, providing a framework for addressing environmental challenges such as global warming, emergent diseases, deforestation, overpopulation, the extinction crisis, pollution, over-fishing, and habitat destruction.

Deliberative Systems

Author : John Parkinson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107025397
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Deliberative Systems written by John Parkinson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-07-05 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major new statement of deliberative theory that shows how states, even transnational systems, can be deliberatively democratic.

Specifics of Decision Making in Modern Business Systems

Author : Elena G. Popkova
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1787566935
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (875 download)

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Download or read book Specifics of Decision Making in Modern Business Systems written by Elena G. Popkova and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Specifics of Decision Making in Modern Business Systems focuses on the regularities and tendencies that are peculiar for the modern Russian practice of decision making in business systems, as well as the authors’ solutions for its optimization in view of new challenges and possibilities.

Systemic Leadership for Local Governance

Author : Catherine Hobbs
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030082806
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Systemic Leadership for Local Governance written by Catherine Hobbs and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A truly expansive and valuable book that challenges the assumptions and constraints of current leadership thinking... Its focus on integrating theory and practice is particularly helpful in linking its key ideas to current public sector management concerns.”—Gareth Morgan, Author of Images of Organization “While other authors have offered general principles of systemic leadership or given readers single approaches, Hobbs is much more ambitious: she brings together diverse, well-tested theoretical, methodological and practical approaches to provide today's leaders with a multifaceted resource that can aid them in thinking systemically. In this respect, her book is a significant advance on previous offerings, and I wholeheartedly recommend it to leaders, aspiring leaders and leadership academics around the world.”—Gerald Midgley, University of Hull, UK “This is an impressive and innovative work that draws together the disparate strands of complexity theory, systems thinking and operational research to build an adaptive social learning approach for local governance, helping to shift it from a service-led to systemic-deliberative model. This is essential reading for local government actors, students of local policy and for the public policy generalist.”—Robert Geyer, Lancaster University, UK Addressing matters of complexity systemically rather than mechanistically is now an ethical and practical paradigm-changing challenge for public policy. This optimistic book explores how action could be led in a joined-up way, signposting resources to thinking differently. Attention is paid to leading the design of adaptive social learning around what matters, re-connecting with public purpose to enable tailoring towards contemporary needs and constraints. Relevant to postgraduates, academics, local government managers, curious practitioners and the wider public, private and third sectors where there is interest in interpreting leadership via the cognitive capabilities of Systems Science.