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Holistic Management
William F. Christopher
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Description for Holistic Management
Hardcover. Combining author William F. Christopher's work with the ideas presented in Stafford Beer's seminal book The Heart of Enterprise, Viable Systems Management Science: A New Roadmap for Management provides managers with a powerful, descriptive and diagnostic tool to view the company and manage it better. Series: Wiley Series in Systems Engineering and Management. Num Pages: 504 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KJQ; KJWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 31. Weight in Grams: 900.
This book presents two recently developed knowledge areas that can significantly improve the management and the performance of business enterprise: System Science and Cybernetics and Key Performance Areas. Included in this book are advanced (and evolving) methods and technologies for planning and budgeting, creating and keeping customers, quality and productivity, innovation, improving organization capability, sustainability in the company's social and ecological environments, and profitability-all integrated with this new viable systems model and system thinking.
This book presents two recently developed knowledge areas that can significantly improve the management and the performance of business enterprise: System Science and Cybernetics and Key Performance Areas. Included in this book are advanced (and evolving) methods and technologies for planning and budgeting, creating and keeping customers, quality and productivity, innovation, improving organization capability, sustainability in the company's social and ecological environments, and profitability-all integrated with this new viable systems model and system thinking.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
Series
Wiley Series in Systems Engineering and Management
Number of Pages
536
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780471740636
SKU
V9780471740636
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
About William F. Christopher
After a management career in industry, William F. Christopher, MS, is now President of The Management Innovations Group and its literary agency. He has worked with more than 100 businesses in sixteen countries to improve their results in such areas as marketing and sales, new technology development, planning and budgeting, management reporting, and profitability. Mr. Christopher is the author of ... Read more
Reviews for Holistic Management
"…recognized for its innovative and bold attempt to go beyond conventional theories of management." (Electric Review, June/July 2007)