Systems Behaviour
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What happens when you try to understand the world not as a collection of isolated parts, but as an intricate web of interconnected systems? Systems Behaviour presents a rigorous and wide-ranging introduction to systems theory, drawing together foundational concepts in cybernetics, feedback, control, and complexity to illuminate how systems of all kinds — biological, social, mechanical, and organisational — function, adapt, and sometimes fail. Compiled as a set text for the Open University, this third edition presents carefully curated readings and analytical frameworks that equip students with the intellectual tools to model, analyse, and interpret dynamic systems across a broad spectrum of disciplines. The work stands as a landmark in the systems thinking movement, reflecting the interdisciplinary ambition that characterised Open University curricula of its era. The Open Systems Group brings together contributions from leading thinkers in the field, weaving together engineering principles with social science perspectives in a manner that remains strikingly relevant. With its blend of theoretical rigour and applied insight, Systems Behaviour challenges the reader to question the assumptions underlying conventional linear thinking — and to consider what truly lies beneath the surface of every complex system they encounter.
Author: Open Systems Group
Format: Paperback
Published: 1981, Harper & Row
Genre: Science
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What happens when you try to understand the world not as a collection of isolated parts, but as an intricate web of interconnected systems? Systems Behaviour presents a rigorous and wide-ranging introduction to systems theory, drawing together foundational concepts in cybernetics, feedback, control, and complexity to illuminate how systems of all kinds — biological, social, mechanical, and organisational — function, adapt, and sometimes fail. Compiled as a set text for the Open University, this third edition presents carefully curated readings and analytical frameworks that equip students with the intellectual tools to model, analyse, and interpret dynamic systems across a broad spectrum of disciplines. The work stands as a landmark in the systems thinking movement, reflecting the interdisciplinary ambition that characterised Open University curricula of its era. The Open Systems Group brings together contributions from leading thinkers in the field, weaving together engineering principles with social science perspectives in a manner that remains strikingly relevant. With its blend of theoretical rigour and applied insight, Systems Behaviour challenges the reader to question the assumptions underlying conventional linear thinking — and to consider what truly lies beneath the surface of every complex system they encounter.