Exploring Systems Theory
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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?

    <p>Change the reader's pattern of thought</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does systems theory provide?

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

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

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

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