Exploring Systems Theory

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Questions and Answers

Who is the originator of scientific management?

  • Frederick W. Taylor (correct)
  • Frederick W. Taylor and Albert Einstein
  • Albert Einstein
  • Someone else

What is the main focus of systems theory?

  • Explaining how to manage a business
  • Explaining how enterprise systems work (correct)
  • Explaining how scientific theories are developed
  • Explaining how to change patterns of thought

Who said, 'Without changing our patterns of thought, we will not be able to solve the problems we created with our current patterns of thought.'?

  • Someone else
  • Frederick W. Taylor
  • Ackoff (correct)
  • Albert Einstein

What does this chapter attempt to do?

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What does systems theory provide?

<p>An explanation of systems dynamics (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

True or false: Systems theory has influenced scientific, engineering, management, and other fields of inquiry.

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True or false: Systems theory is used in this book to explain how enterprise systems work.

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True or false: This chapter explains in greater depth what it means to say an enterprise is a system.

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True or false: Systems dynamics is described in this chapter.

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True or false: Traditional reductionist thinking is contrasted with systems thinking in this chapter.

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