The Grammar of Systems: From Order to Chaos & Back – Patrick Hoverstadt

The Grammar of Systems: From Order ro Chaos and Back - Patrick Hoverstadt

Author: Patrick Hoverstadt

Publisher: SCiO Publications

Print Length: 245 pages

Genre: Non-Fiction / Educational Theory and Practices

Topic:  System Thinking, Psychology, Law

If you feel as though the world has become more complex, you are not alone. There is a growing realisation of the need to deal with the complexity, uncertainty and speed of change of our world. These systemic factors increase the challenge for all of us and expose some traditional approaches which are unable to handle those challenges.

This book sets out the fundamentals of Systems Thinking, a discipline developed specifically to grapple with complexity and uncertainty. It builds a compelling and useable guide to change the way you think about the world around you, for those wanting to understand or change systems, managers, policy makers and systems specialists alike.

The Grammar of Systems presents a very clear, coherent guide to the discipline of Systems Thinking.

Introduction

Part 1

How to think like a system thinker

(a systemist’s grimoire)

  • Emergence
  • Holism
  • Modelling
  • Boundaries
  • Difference
  • Relating
  • Dynamics and loops
  • Complexity
  • Uncertainty

 

Part 2

The Grammar of Systems

  • The Lawa as a Whole – Order to Chaos to Order
  • 33 Systems Laws and Principles
  • How to use Systems Laws – splicing
  • The Laws and Methodologies
  • A Miscellany of Systems ideas

Patrick Hoverstadt has worked as a consultant since 1995 in both the private and public sectors, in 14 countries, mainly in the fields of strategy, organizational structure and change. He specializes in working with very large complex organizations including whole sectors, using systems approaches. Patrick is the author of “Fractal Organization” (Wiley 2009), co-author of “Systems approaches to Managing Change” (Springer 2010) and “Patterns of Strategy” (Gower 2017) as well as numerous papers. He has lectured at post-graduate level at 7 business schools and is a Visiting Research Fellow at Cranfield School of Management.

Source: https://www.strategyassociation.org/page/2019PatrickHoverstadt

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