Main Title |
Making things work : solving complex problems in a complex world / |
Author |
Bar-Yam, Yaneer.
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Other Authors |
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Publisher |
NECSI, Knowledge Press, |
Year Published |
2004 |
OCLC Number |
57900570 |
ISBN |
0965632822 |
Subjects |
Problem solving ;
System theory ;
Organizational sociology
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EOAM |
BF441.B17 2004 |
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Region 8 Technical Library/Denver,CO |
03/31/2005 |
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Collation |
306 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-293) and index. |
Contents Notes |
pt. I. Concepts -- 1. Parts, wholes, and relationships -- 2. Patterns -- 3. Networks and collective memory -- 4. Possibilities -- 5. Complexity and scale in organizations -- 6. Evolution -- 7. Competition and cooperation -- pt. II. Solving problems -- 8. Solving real world problems -- 9. Military warfare and conflict -- 10. Health care I : the health care system -- 11. Health care II : medical errors -- 12. Education I : complexity of learning -- 13. Education II : the education system -- 14. International development -- 15. Enlightened evolutionary engineering -- 16. Global control, ethnic violence and terrorism -- 17. Conclusion. |
Place Published |
Cambridge, MA : |
PUB Date Free Form |
2004. |
BIB Level |
m |
Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
OCLC Time Stamp |
20050330155154 |
Language |
eng |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
CAT |
OCLC Rec Leader |
01594cam 2200289Ii 45020 |