Holistic Flexibility for Systems Thinking and Practice

The book explores how Holistic Flexibility presents new advancements in systems thinking, challenging the status quo and presenting it as a state of mind. It includes theoretical deliberations and practitioner cases, key pillars of Holistic Flexibility, and case studies offering a firsthand experience of Holistic Flexibility in practice. It highlights the importance of a spiritual approach in management and develops the conceptual lens of Holistic Flexibility. It is beneficial for OR/MS researchers and graduate students interested in systems thinking and connecting modern management thinking and Eastern mysticism.

Format: Hardback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 14 June 2024
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Holistic Flexibility for Systems Thinking and Practice challenges the traditional view of systems thinking as a discipline confined to academic circles in operations research and management science (OR/MS). It presents systems thinking as a state of mind, giving it a cognitive character. The book explores the development of systems thinking in OR/MS, leading to the latest debates on the subject and discussing the key pillars of Holistic Flexibility in detail. It also presents a range of case studies that offer a firsthand experience of Holistic Flexibility in practice. The book highlights the importance of a spiritual approach in management, which is used to further develop the conceptual lens of Holistic Flexibility. It provides a range of competencies required for systems practitioners to address and respond to complex situations in an interconnected world. The book is highly beneficial for OR/MS researchers and graduate students interested in systems thinking as well as researchers interested in connecting modern management thinking and Eastern mysticism.

Weight: 628g
Dimension: 159 x 243 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032483009