Enterprise Systems Engineering Theory and Practice Volume 2: Systems Thinking for the Enterprise: New and Emerging Perspectives

Abstract

This report introduces and discusses new and emerging modes of thought that are increasingly being recognized as essential to successful systems engineering in enterprises. This new systems thinking is emerging at the intersection of seminal ideas from modern system thinkers, the broad discipline of information technology, and the theory of complex adaptive systems, particularly those from evolutionary biology and social systems. Part of this new systems thinking requires a replacement of the notion that specific engineering outcomes or goals can always be assured with one that seeks to shape, improve, or increase the value of engineering outcomes through thoughtful interventions in the ever-increasing numbers of circumstances in which we are not fully in control.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2005
Accession Number
AD1125901

Entities

People

  • George Jr Rebovich

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

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Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adaptive Systems
  • Climate Change
  • Command And Control
  • Commerce
  • Complex Adaptive Systems
  • Complex Systems
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Employment
  • Engineers
  • Governments
  • Information Systems
  • Internet
  • Moving Target Indicator Radar
  • National Politics
  • Operating Systems
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Recreation
  • Second World War
  • System Of Systems
  • Systems Engineering
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

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  • Theoretical Analysis.