CAN WE SECURE FUTURE-RESPONSIVE MANAGEMENT THROUGH SYSTEMS THINKING AND DESIGN

Authors
ULRICH W
Citation
W. Ulrich, CAN WE SECURE FUTURE-RESPONSIVE MANAGEMENT THROUGH SYSTEMS THINKING AND DESIGN, Interfaces, 24(4), 1994, pp. 26-37
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Management,"Operatione Research & Management Science
Journal title
Interfaces → ACNP
ISSN journal
00922102
Volume
24
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
26 - 37
Database
ISI
SICI code
0092-2102(1994)24:4<26:CWSFMT>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Future-responsive management may depend on C. West Churchman's underst anding of systems design and management. Future-responsive management raises fundamental cognitive and methodological difficulties. No conce ivable systems approach can make these difficulties disappear, but we can at least try to understand them and to face them self-critically. To this end, the systems idea has more to contribute than is generally recognized.