Kovacic, Samuel F.
Managing and Engineering in Complex Situations
1. Introduction and Overview
Andres Sousa-Poza
Part I. Theory on Wicked Problems and Complex Situations
2. A Narrative of [Complex] Situations and Situations Theory
Andres Sousa-Poza
3. PRISM – A Philosophical Foundation for Complex Situations
Van E. Brewer
4. Understanding and Complex Situations
Jose J. Padilla
5. The Gestalt Imperative: A Proposition for Understanding
Samuel F. Kovacic
Part II. Description of Wicked Problems
6. Sustainable Development as a Wicked Problem
Jonathan Pryshlakivsky, Cory Searcy
7. Complexity and Command at the Operational Level of War
Vince Berardini
8. The Wicked Problem of a Cognitive Environment in Complex Situations
Ryland C. Gaskins
9. Reverse Decision Making: An Interpretive Framework for Pragmatic Decision Making
Samuel F. Kovacic
10. Leadership in Complex Situations
Diane K. Norbutus, Thomas J. Norbutus
11. United States Joint Forces Command: As Wicked Problem
William O. Welsh
Part III. Cases and Approaches
12. Using Systems Design to Solve Complex Problems: Case Studies from Iraq
Nathan A. Minami
13. Making Sense of Messy Medical Data Through Constructed Charts of Functional Distances
Lincoln Gray
14. “Effectively Living Near the Edge”: An Extraordinary Management Tool for Mastering Wicked Problems
Richard N. Knowles
Keywords: Engineering, Complexity, Social Sciences, general, Economics/Management Science, general
- Author(s)
- Kovacic, Samuel F.
- Sousa-Poza, Andres
- Publisher
- Springer
- Publication year
- 2013
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 2013
- Series
- Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
- Page amount
- 6 pages
- Category
- Technology, Energy, Traffic
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9789400755154