{"product_id":"systems-concepts-in-action-a-practitioners-toolkit-9780804770637","title":"Systems Concepts in Action: A Practitioner's Toolkit","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSystems Concepts in Action: A Practitioner's Toolkit\u003c\/strong\u003e by Williams, Bob. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780804770637.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSystems Concepts in Action: A Practitioners Toolkit explores the application of systems ideas to investigate, evaluate, and intervene in complex and messy situations. The text serves as a field guide, with each chapter representing a method for describing and analyzing; learning about; or changing and managing a challenge or set of problems.\nThe book is the first to cover in detail such a wide range of methods from so many different parts of the systems field. The books Introduction gives an overview of systems thinking, its origins, and its major subfields. In addition, the introductory text to each of the books three parts provides background information on the selected methods. Systems Concepts in Action may serve as a workbook, offering a selection of tools that readers can use immediately. The approaches presented can also be investigated more profoundly, using the recommended readings provided. While these methods are not intended to serve as \"recipes,\" they do serve as a menu of options from which to choose. Readers are invited to combine these instruments in a creative manner in order to assemble a mix that is appropriate for their own strategic needs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Stanford Business Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44984643878965,"sku":"ByrdShop_0804770638","price":38.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780804770637_816c8eb0-fee3-40b0-af5e-3514b03614bd.jpg?v=1778971298","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/systems-concepts-in-action-a-practitioners-toolkit-9780804770637","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}