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John P. Van . Ed(S): Gigch - Wisdom, Knowledge, and Management - 9781441922519 - V9781441922519
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Wisdom, Knowledge, and Management

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Description for Wisdom, Knowledge, and Management Paperback. Editor(s): Gigch, John P. van. Series: C. West Churchman's Legacy and Related Works. Num Pages: 368 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HPS; JH; KJH; KJM; KJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 602.

In Wisdom, Knowledge, and Management: A Critique and Analysis of Churchman's Systems Approach, the 2nd volume of the series entitled Churchman’s Legacy and Related Works, the editors draw contributions from leading systems thinkers inspired by the works of C. West Churchman.

The Systems Approach and Its Enemies (C. West Churchman, 1979) is one of Churchman’s most significant works. In this particular writing he displayed two main tendencies, that he was a Skeptic and that he showed Socratic Wisdom. In Wisdom, Knowledge, and Management, the editors seeks to follow up on these two themes and reveal how modern authors interpret Churchman’s ... Read more

Several authors re-interpret Churchman’s thinking and several others apply this holistic discourse to practical applications. It is very significant that the authors are a very cosmopolitan group: hailing from Sweden, Australia, Spain, South Korea, Argentina and USA. Interestingly, the contribution from the South Korean author, Yu Jae E, applies conceptual tools from the French contemporary writer, Deleuze. Additionally, Darek M. Eriksson’s chapter applies the epistemology of Jean-Louis Le Moigne.

Finally, we would like to note that one theme of this volume is to relate modern authors, and in particular Churchman, to ideas spawned two thousands years ago among the Ancient Greeks.

This effort should show the reach of Churchman’s intellectual power and demonstrates cross-fertilization across borders and continents. It could not have happened without the Internet.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Series
C. West Churchman's Legacy and Related Works
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781441922519
SKU
V9781441922519
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Ref
99-15

About John P. Van . Ed(S): Gigch
John P. van Gigch is the Series Editor for the Book Series Churchman’s Legacy and Related Works which he was instrumental in getting started. van Gigch knew West Churchman as well as his family personally. Churchman wrote an Introduction for van Gigch’s Applied General System Theory which was published in 1974, with a Second Edition in 1978. van Gigch remained ... Read more

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