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

Avainsanat: Engineering, Complexity, Social Sciences, general, Economics/Management Science, general