This book is about improving human decision making and performance in complex tasks. Utilizing systems thinking approach, this book presents innovative and insightful solutions to various managerial issues in various domains including agriculture, education, climate change, digital transformation, health care, supply chains, and sustainability. Practical insights and operational causal models are systematically presented. The key features of the didactic approach of this book are core knowledge, numerous tables and figures throughout the text, system archetypes, and causal loop models.
This book serves as a text for college and university courses on Systems Thinking for Management Decision Making in Complex Tasks. Researchers use the developed causal models to design and evaluate various decision-aiding technologies. It is used as a source of practical information for a broad community of decision-makers, researchers, and practitioners concerned with the issue of improving human performance in complex organizational tasks.
Part I. Introduction to Systems Thinking and its Applications.
Chapter
1. Introduction: Managing Complex Tasks with Systems Thinking.- Part II.
Theoretical and Methodological Advancements.
Chapter
2. A Systems
Engineering Framework for Reliability Assurance of Subsea Oil and Gas
Production Systems.
Chapter
3. Improving the Strategy for Scientific
Vocations in Colombia through Participatory Modeling Based on System
Dynamics.
Chapter
4. Bringing Behavioral Economics into System Dynamics:
Some Challenges, Solutions, and a Path Forward.
Chapter
5. From Value
Networks to Causal Loop Diagrams: Strategic Preparation for Designing
Systemic Interventions in Organizations.- Part III. Applications of Systems
Thinking in Education.
Chapter
6. Learning Analytics and Interactive
Multimedia Experience in Enhancing Student Learning Experience: A Systemic
Approach.
Chapter
7. Fostering Problem-Solving Skills and Creativity in
Latin America Primary Schools Through System Dynamics.- Exploring Gender
Inequality and Practical Solutions for an Equitable Environment for Women in
Scientific Vocations.
Chapter
8. Exploring Gender Inequality and Practical
Solutions for an Equitable Environment for Women in Scientific Vocations.-
Part IV. Bridging the Digital Gap with Systems Thinking.
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9. Using
System Thinking for Improved Access, Equity, and Decision-Making in the
Digital Age.
Chapter
10. Navigating the IT Professional Shortage with System
Thinking: Practical Insights for Better Decision Making.- Part V: Addressing
Agricultural Issues with Systems Thinking.
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11. Leveraging IoT and
System Dynamics for Effective Cooperation in Solving Social Dilemmas in Water
Management.
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12. Exploring the Systemic Causes of Land Inequality
with Systems Thinking.
Chapter
13. Biosecurity Adherence Using Cooperation
Mechanisms: Leveraging System Thinking for Effective Strategic Organizational
Biosecurity Decision Making.- Part VI. Sustainability Science and Systems
Thinking.
Chapter
14. Review on Sustainable Plastic Contents Recycling in
Bangladesh: A System Dynamics Approach.
Chapter
15. The Potential Impact of
ESG Spending on Public Perception of the Canadian Oil Sands.- Part VII.
Dealing with the Complexity of Healthcare Systems.
Chapter
16. Improving
Healthcare Policy Decisions with Systems Thinking: An Experimental Study.-
Chapter
17. Understanding the Process of Production and Distribution of N95
Mask with a Systems Thinking Approach.
Chapter
18. Endangered Species-A
Broad Look at Their Demographic Effects with Systems Thinking.
Chapter
19.
Understanding the Dynamics of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in China with System
Dynamics.- Part VIII. Finally.
Chapter
20. Conclusion and A Way Forward for
Managing Complex Tasks.
Hassan Qudrat-Ullah is a professor of decision sciences with the School of Administrative Studies at York University, Toronto, Canada. Dr. Hassan is a well-known scholar in decision sciences,energy policy modeling, and system dynamics areas. He has authored and edited over 100 refereed publications including 13 books (including edited volumes), 40 journal articles, and numerous conference proceedings and presentations.
In 2017, he won York Universitys Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies Excellence in Research Award. Dr. Hassan is also an appointed member of the Program Advisory and Editorial Board of Springer Complexity, USA. Hassan has been honored as State Guest of Pakistan in 2016 and 2017. Dr. Hassan loves traveling and the exploration of various cultures across the globe. He has been to 139 countries: part business and part pleasure.
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