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This book deals with the contribution of a systems approach to a range of disciplines from philosophy and biology to social theory and management. It weaves together material from some of the pre-eminent thinkers of the day. In doing so it creates a coherent path from fundamental work on philosophical issues of ontology and epistemology through specific domains of knowledge about the nature of information and meaning, human communication, and ...

John Mingers' new volume, Self-Producing Systems: Implications and Ap­ plications of Autopoiesis, is a much-needed reference on autopoiesis, a subject penetrating many disciplines today. I can genuinely say that I enjoyed reading the book as it took me stage by stage through a clear and easy-to-grasp understanding of the concepts and ideas of auto­ poiesis and then, as the book's title suggests, on through their applica­ tions. I found the sum...

In recent years information systems has evolved from a discipline based primarily on positivist, statistically-oriented research into a more pluralist discipline that allows debates about research methodologies, consideration of a range of social theories and philosophies, and more critical analyses and understandings of alternative approaches. This book has the intention of broadening research within the IS field. It collects together into o...

Systems Thinking, Critical Realism and Philosophy: A Confluence of Ideas seeks to re-address the whole question of philosophy and systems thinking for the twenty first century and provide a new work that would be of value to both systems and philosophy. This is a highly opportune time when different fields ¿ critical realism, philosophy of science and systems thinking ¿ are all developing around the same set of concepts and yet not realizing i...

Systems Thinking, Critical Realism and Philosophy: A Confluence of Ideas seeks to re-address the whole question of philosophy and systems thinking for the twenty first century and provide a new work that would be of value to both systems and philosophy. This is a highly opportune time when different fields ¿ critical realism, philosophy of science and systems thinking ¿ are all developing around the same set of concepts and yet not realizing i...

Keine Methodologie einer einzelnen Disziplin ist in der Lage, ein umfassendes Bild der komplexen Zusammenhänge zu geben, denen Organisationen gegenüberstehen. Die Autoren dieses Buches vertreten die Ansicht, daß man durch simultane Anwendung mehrerer wissenschaftlicher Methoden des Managements zu besserem Verständnis des komplizierten Beziehungsgefüges eines Unternehmens gelangen kann, was Managern und Mitarbeitern die Entscheidungsfindung erl...

John Mingers' new volume, Self-Producing Systems: Implications and Ap­ plications of Autopoiesis, is a much-needed reference on autopoiesis, a subject penetrating many disciplines today. I can genuinely say that I enjoyed reading the book as it took me stage by stage through a clear and easy-to-grasp understanding of the concepts and ideas of auto­ poiesis and then, as the book's title suggests, on through their applica­ tions. I found the sum...

This book deals with the contribution of a systems approach to a range of disciplines from philosophy and biology to social theory and management. It weaves together material from some of the pre-eminent thinkers of the day. In doing so it creates a coherent path from fundamental work on philosophical issues of ontology and epistemology through specific domains of knowledge about the nature of information and meaning, human communication, and ...