Designing social systems in a changing world / Bela H. Banathy.

By:

Banathy, Bela H [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0306452510
9780306452512

Subject(s):

Social engineering

DDC classification:

301.011

LOC classification:

HM73 .B253 1996

Contents:

1. Introduction -- 2. What is Design? Why Do We Need It? -- 3. The Products and Processes of Design -- 4. The Design Landscape -- 5. Design as a Multidimensional Inquiry -- 6. Getting Ready for Design -- 7. Evaluation and Value Adding -- 8. The Journey Continues -- References -- Index.

Summary: This book " offers resources and programs by which individuals, groups and organizations can learn to create a common ground, collectively define values and qualities they seek to realize, envision ideal images of a desired future, and bring those images to life by engaging in the disciplined inquiry of social systems design".

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-361) and index.

This book " offers resources and programs by which individuals, groups and organizations can learn to create a common ground, collectively define values and qualities they seek to realize, envision ideal images of a desired future, and bring those images to life by engaging in the disciplined inquiry of social systems design".

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