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In Wisdom, Knowledge, and Management, the 2nd volume of the series: Churchman's Legacy and Related Works, the editors draw contributions from leading systems thinkers inspired by the works of C West Churchman.
"In Wisdom, Knowledge, and Management: A Critique and Analysis of Churchman's Systems Approach, the 2nd volume of the series entitled Churchman's Legacy and Related Works, the editors draw contributions from leading systems thinkers inspired by the works of C. West Churchman.
Wisdom, Knowledge and Management.- Progress Achieving C. West Churchman's Epistemological Program.- The Paradigm of the Science of Management and of Management Science.- Churchman's Contributions to the Advancement of Management Science.- Expanding Churchman's Philosophical Discourse.- Skepticism, Truth, Certitude and Wicked Problems.- Certitude in a Post-Modern World?.- Addressing Complex Decision Problems in Distributed Environments.- Epistemic Humility.- Setting the Tone: The Importance of Ethics.- In Search of an Ethical Science.- Ethics and Enlightened Personal Responsibility.- May the Whole Earth Be Happy.- Entrepreneurship.- An Outline of a Descriptive Theory of the Enterprise.- Organizational Efficiency and Values.- New Paradigms: Applications of the Science of Management to Governance and Managerial Practice.- Molar and Molecular Identity and Politics.- Education for Engaged Citizenship.- Dialogue for Conscious Evolution.- The Use of New Metaphors to Refocus the Managerial Discourse.- Making Friends of Enemies.- The Application of an Epistemological Inquiry to Increase Our Understanding of Complex Issues.- Epilogue.