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Designing and Managing Complex Systems

A complete introduction to the theory of complex systems and their effects on human performance

David Moriarty (Author)

9780323916097

Paperback, published 2 December 2022

322 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.52 kg

Approx.298 pages

Part I: Cybernetics

1.1 Control and communication

Part II: Learning from systems

2.1 The simplification imperative

2.2 The language of systems

2.3 Classes of systems

2.4 Neurobiological systems

2.5 Sociotechnical systems

2.6 Consilient dynamics across scales

Part III: Creating and managing systems

3.1 Introduction to part 3

3.2 Structure and function

3.3 Capability and adaptive capacity

3.4 Engineering resilience

3.5 Assessing the system properties of your organization

Part IV: Case studies

4.1 Challenger and Columbia

4.2 Walmart, FEMA, and Hurricane Katrina

4.3 Lake Peigneur

4.4 The water temples of Bali

4.5 The global financial crisis

4.6 Continental Airlines

4.7 Three Mile Island

4.8 Cybersyn and the trucking strike

4.9 Biological and informational viruses

4.10 Netflix

4.11 Fukushima

4.12 The Mumbai Dabbawalas

4.13 Flash Crash

4.14 Alphafold 2

Part V: Conclusion

5.1 Consilience with the arts

5.2 Conclusion

Subject Areas: Geopolitics [JPSL], Educational psychology [JNC], Cognition & cognitive psychology [JMR], Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology [JMM], Experimental psychology [JML], Occupational & industrial psychology [JMJ], Child & developmental psychology [JMC], Psychology [JM], Consumerism [JFFT], Cognitive science [GTR]

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