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1 online resource (123 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Author; Chapter 1 Aspects of thinking; Definition-thinking; Thinking definitions; Reasoning; Reasoning definition; Induction; Deduction; Educating to think; Problem-solving; Systems engineering; The better idea; Copernicus (1473-1543); Gandhi (1869-1948); Darwin (1809-1882); Einstein (1879-1955); What did they have in common?; Business-oriented better ideas; Peter Drucker; Federal Express; Netflix; Other concrete steps involved in the thinking process; What is it that we know (about the problem)? |
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What is it that we don't know?What will happen when we get the answers to the "what we don't know" questions?; Flaws in thinking that need to be addressed; References; Exercises; Chapter 2 Thinking outside the box; Introduction; A short note that tells a story; We are in the railroading business, of course; What's inside and what's outside?; Eight suggestions; Broaden and generalize; Crossover; Question conventional wisdom; Back of the envelope; Expanding the dimensions; Remove constraints; Thinking with pictures; Systems thinking; References; Exercises; Chapter 3 Systems and thinking |
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What is a system?Man-made systems; Natural systems; A "systems" perspective; The systems approach; Systems thinking; Rechtin's heuristics; Thinking in systems; Forrester; Monat and Gannon; Systems thinking and complexity; Creative holism; Soft systems thinking; Systems thinking and learning; Thinking in loops; Laws and laws and laws; An illustrative example-system architecting; DoD Architectural Framework; The EAM architecting approach; Closing suggestions for the systems engineer; References; Exercises; Chapter 4 Other thinking perspectives; Introduction; Reductionism; Breakthrough thinking |
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Killing creativityEmpathic design; A working whole brain; Managing creativity; Stifling creativity; Innovation; Interpretive management; The logic of high growth; Other aspects of breakthrough thinking; Lateral thinking; Thinking hats; Design thinking; Disruptive thinking; Ackoff's problem-solving; Critical thinking; Creativity and ideas; Bell Labs; Synectics; Barriers to thinking; Martino barriers; Groupthink-revisited; Nullthink; Fast and slow thinking; References; Exercises; Chapter 5 Innovation; Introduction; Innovation; A thinking enterprise; A wider view; Drucker revisited |
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The attacker's advantageMore from Harvard; Some specific innovations; The innovators; Start-up nation; Three corporate standouts; For the staff; For the organization; The I-Corps; Most innovative companies; Universities and innovation; U.S. innovation policy; References; Exercises; Chapter 6 Thinking: miscellany; Introduction; Intelligence; Artificial intelligence; Watson (the computer); A brief note about DARPA; Gedanken experiments; Patterns of thinking; A Gelb perspective; Search processes; References; Exercises; Chapter 7 Engineers with special thoughts; Introduction; Chester Carlson |
| Notes |
Norman Augustine |
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Print version record |
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Problem solving.
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Systems engineering.
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Problem Solving
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systems engineering.
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Problem solving
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Systems engineering
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429658020 |
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0429658028 |
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