Business Dynamics: Systems Thinking and Modeling for a Complex World

Business Dynamics: Systems Thinking and Modeling for a Complex World
ISBN-10
0071179895
ISBN-13
9780071179898
Series
Business Dynamics
Category
Industrial management
Pages
982
Language
English
Published
2000-12-01
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Europe
Author
John D. Sterman

Description

Today's leading authority on the subject of this text is the author, MIT Standish Professor of Management and Director of the System Dynamics Group, John D. Sterman. Sterman's objective is to explain, in a true textbook format, what system dynamics is, and how it can be successfully applied to solve business and organizational problems. System dynamics is both a currently utilized approach to organizational problem solving at the professional level, and a field of study in business, engineering, and social and physical sciences.

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