| Description |
xxvi, 982 p. : ill., tables + 1 CD-Rom |
| Contents |
Perspective and process -- Tools for systems thinking -- The dynamics of growth -- Tools for modeling dynamic systems -- Instability and oscillation -- Model testing -- Commencement |
| Summary |
Today’s leading authority on the subject is the author, MIT Standish Professor of Management and Director of the System Dynamics Group, John D. Sterman. Sterman’s objective is to explain, in a true textbook format, what system dynamics is, and how it can be successfully applied to solve business and organizational problems. System dynamics is both a currently utilized approach to organizational problem-solving at the professional level, and a field of study in business, engineering, and social and physical sciences. |
| Subject |
Industrial management
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System theory
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Management information systems
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| ISBN |
9780072311358 (hbk.) |
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0072311355 (hbk.) |
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