The Unbounded Mind by Mitroff, Ian I. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Preface Contents CHAPTER 1: The World That Was and Is No More,

The Factory as an Idea System The New Service Factory: Have Factory, Will Travel A Brief Summary of the U.S. Industrial System Between World War II and the Present The Failure of Success Interconnectedness Volatility A Giant Machine The Loss of Slack What Can Be Done? Plan of the Book

PART I: OLD THINKING

CHAPTER 2: Agreement: The First Way of Knowing,

Data Are Not Information The Tale of the Delphi The Asch Effect Delphi’s “Truth” Inquiry Systems Conclusions

CHAPTER 3: The World as a Formula: The Second Way of Knowing,

The World as a Formula Analytic-Deductive IS’s: Decision at Zenith Life Analytic-Deductive IS’s Conclusions

PART II: COMPLEX THINKING

CHAPTER 4: Multiple Realities: The Third Way of Knowing,

The Computer as a Kantian IS The Multiple Realities Approach as a Kantian IS

CHAPTER 5: Conflict: The Fourth Way of Knowing,

The Failure of Success: The Case of the U.S. Auto Industry as a Natural Dialectic The Dialectic IS Conclusions3

PART III: NEW THINKING

CHAPTER 6: Unbounded Systems Thinking: The Fifth Way of Knowing,

A Review of Analysis and Agreement A Review of Multiple Realities A Review of Conflict Unbounded Systems Thinking (UST) The Systems Approach: General Background and Overview UST and The Multiple Perspective Method Conclusions Regarding the UST IS

PART IV: APPLICATIONS AND METHODS OF NEW THINKING

CHAPTER 7: Bhopal: Catastrophe Making,

Bhopal: General Background Risk from a T, O, and P Perspective Table 7.1 Risk Concerns Seen in Perspective Why Go Beyond the T Perspective? An O Perspective: The Corporation P Perspectives Integration: T + O + P Implications

CHAPTER 8: Paradigm Breaking: Surfacing and Challenging Key Assumptions,

The Case of the Drug Company Assumptional Analysis Review of the Process Conclusion Postscript

PART V: THE FUTURE OF KNOWING

CHAPTER 9: Conclusion: To See the World as an Interconnected Whole,

The Reality of Ideals The Ultimate Transformation: The World as an integrated Whole Final Remarks

APPENDIX: Deeper Aspects of Unbounded Systems Thinking References Index