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| Introduction Systems Thinking: Foundations, Skills and Uses |
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Part 1 Systems Thinking Foundations |
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Chapter 1 Towards Praxis in Systems Thinking |
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Chapter 2 Do Systems Exist in the Real World? |
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Chapter 3 A Model for Describing the Systems Thinking Factors |
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Part 2 Systems Thinking in System Dynamics |
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Chapter 4 Strategic Management and Systems Thinking: Developing an Archetypical Model |
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Chapter 5 Dynamic Systems with Multiple Elements |
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Part 3 Systems Thinking in Systems Engineering and Project Management |
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Chapter 6 Insights Based on an Empirical Study of Systems Thinking Development |
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Chapter 7 Assessing Systems Thinking Skills in Systems Engineers |
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Chapter 8 Systems Thinking in the Systems Engineering Process: New Methods and Tools |
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Chapter 9 Integrating Project Management and Systems Engineering |
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Chapter 10 Implementing Systems Engineering and Advanced Project Management in Large and Complex Projects: The Case of a New Airport Operational Readiness Project |
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Part 4 Systems Thinking in Healthcare and Psychology |
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Chapter 11 Integrated Models in Healthcare Systems |
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Chapter 12 A System Thinking in Medicine and Health Care: Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) Approach for Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) |
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Chapter 13 Holistic versus Analytic Cognitive Style: Individual, Organization and Cultural Differences |
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Part 5 Systems Thinking in Education |
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Chapter 14 Systems Thinking in Special Education: A Case Study |
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Chapter 15 Identity Economics, System Thinking, and Education |
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Chapter 16 Bureaucratic or Systems Thinking Organizational Profile: Perceptions of Principals and Teachers |
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Chapter 17 Model-Based Systems Thinking: Science Teachers Employ Object-Process Methodology to Comprehend Scientific Texts |
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| Editors' Contact Information |
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| Index |
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