The Fifth Discipline is one of the very few approaches to management that has attained position on the International Hall of Fame. Robert Louis Floods book explains and critiques the ideas in straight forward terms. Rethinking The Fifth Discipline makes significant and fundamental improvements to the core discipline of systemic thinking. It establishes crucial developments in this area in the context of the learning organisation, including creativity and organisational transformation. It is therefore a very important text
for strategic planners, organisational change agents and consultants. Key features of this work include a review and critique of The Fifth Discipline and systemic thinking an introduction to the gurus of systemic thinking - Senge, Bertalanffy, Beer, Ackoff, Checkland and Churchman a redefinition of
management through systemic thinking a guide to choosing, implementing and evaluating improvement strategies practical animation Robert Louis Flood is a renowned and authoritative
expert in the field of management. He has implemented systemic management in a wide range of organisations in many continents and lectured by invitation in twenty-five countries, including Japan and the USA. Professor Flood has
featured on many radio and TV programmes. His book Beyond TQM (Wiley) was nominated for the IMC Management Book of the Year 1993. Business and Management
By:
Robert Louis Flood
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 23mm
Weight: 521g
ISBN: 9780415185295
ISBN 10: 0415185297
Pages: 230
Publication Date: 22 July 1999
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Chapter 1 Introduction; Part I Part I; Chapter 2 Senge’s The Fifth Discipline; Chapter 3 Bertalanffy’s open systems theory; Chapter 4 Beer’s organisational cybernetics; Chapter 5 Ackoff’s interactive planning; Chapter 6 Checkland’s soft systems approach; Chapter 7 Churchman’s critical systemic thinking; Chapter 8 Senge’s The Fifth Discipline revisited; Part II Concepts; Chapter 9 Towards systemic thinking; Chapter 10 The demise of problems, solutions and normal organisational life; Chapter 11 Getting to grips with complexity; Chapter 12 Deepening systemic appreciation; Chapter 13 Window 1; Chapter 14 Window 2; Chapter 15 Window 3; Chapter 16 Window 4; Chapter 17 Prismatic thought; Part 3 Approach; Chapter 18 Organisational learning and transformation; Chapter 19 Systemic evaluation; Chapter 20 Instrumental and experiential action; Part 4 Practical animation; Chapter 21 Local Area Policing (LAP) in York, UK; Chapter 22 Reflections and key insights of systemic thinking;
Robert Louis Flood is a renowned and authoritative expert in the field of management. He has implemented systemic management in a wide range of organisations in many continents and lectured by invitation in twenty-five countries, including Japan and the USA. Professor Flood has featured on a number of radio and TV programmes. His book Beyond TQM (Wiley) was nominated for the 1993 MCA Management Book of the Year.
Reviews for Rethinking the Fifth Discipline: Learning Within the Unknowable
'An important book, deserves to be read widely' Jennifer Wilby, Systemic Practice and Action Research
