| Description |
1 online resource (282 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyrigt Page; dedication; Contents; Aldine Transaction Introduction; Preface; I Foundations; 1 On Human Behavior as a System; 2 Structure, Function, and Purpose; 3 The Individuality of Psychological Systems; II The Process of Pursuing Purposes; 4 Generation of Inputs: Perception, Consciousness, and Memory; 5 Modeling the Situation: Beliefs; 6 Evaluating the Situation: Feelings and Attitudes; 7 Formulation and Evaluation of Choices : Thought and Intuition; 8 Purposeful Systems and their Environments; Conclusion to Part II: A Paradigm for Inquiry |
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II Interactions of Purposeful Systems9 Feelings and Communication; 10 Signs, Messages, and Language; 11 Models of Communication; 12 Conflict, Cooperation, and Competition; IV Social Systems and Beyond; 13 Social Groups as Systems; 14 Ideal-Seeking Systems; 15 Epilogue: Rounding the Conceptual Circle; Appendix I.; Appendix II.; Appendix III.; Name Index; Subject Index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Social systems.
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Social systems
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ackoff, Russell
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Emery, Fred
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Emery, Fred E
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Ruben, Brent D
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| ISBN |
9781351501965 |
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1351501968 |
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