General Systems Theory: Foundation, Intuition and Applications in Business Decision Making (Hardcover, 2018)

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Part 1: The Foundation.- Chapter 2: The Concept of General Systems.- Chapter 3: Mappings and Constructions of Systems.- Chapter 4: Connectedness.- Chapter 5: Hierarchies - Construction of Large-Scale Systems.- Chapter 6: Controllabilities.- Chapter 7: Limit Systems.- Chapter 8: Systems of Single Relations.- Chapter 9: The Feedback Mechanism.- Chapter 10: Properties Invariant under Feedback.- Chapter 11: Decoupling of Single-Relation Systems.- Chapter 12: Decomposability Conditions.- Part 2: The Systemic Intuition.- Chapter 13: How Systems Could Be Intuitively Seen.- Chapter 14: Whole Evolutions, Where Systemic Yoyos Come From.- Chapter 15: Some Empirical Justifications.- Part 3: Applications in Business Decision Making.- Chapter 16: Economic Events and Processes.- Chapter 17: Issues of Competition.- Chapter 18: Some Issues of the Family.- Chapter 19: Some Remarks on Organizational Efficiencies.- Chapter 20: Dealing with Indecisive Customers through Pricing.- Chapter 21: An Idea on How to Heighten the Competitive Spirits of Sales Associates.