SYSTEMS THINKING FOR SOCIAL CHANGE: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO SOLVING COMPLEX PROBLEMS, AVOIDING UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, AND ACHIEVING LASTING RESULTS
Book ID/图书代码： 03008015B82144
English Summary/英文概要： Donors, leaders of nonprofits, and public policy makers usually have the best of intentions to serve society and improve social conditions. But often their solutions fall far short of what they want to accomplish and what is truly needed. Moreover, the answers they propose and fund often produce the opposite of what they want over time. We end up with temporary shelters that increase homelessness, drug busts that increase drug-related crime, or food aid that increases starvation.
How do these unintended consequences come about and how can we avoid them? By applying conventional thinking to complex social problems, we often perpetuate the very problems we try so hard to solve, but it is possible to think differently, and get different results.
Systems Thinking for Social Change enables readers to contribute more effectively to society by helping them understand what systems thinking is and why it is so important in their work. It also gives concrete guidance on how to incorporate systems thinking in problem solving, decision making, and strategic planning without becoming a technical expert.
Systems thinking leader David Stroh walks readers through techniques he has used to help people improve their efforts to end homelessness, improve public health, strengthen education, design a system for early childhood development, protect child welfare, develop rural economies, facilitate the reentry of formerly incarcerated people into society, resolve identity-based conflicts, and more.
The result is a highly readable, effective guide to understanding systems and using that knowledge to get the results you want.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 捐助者、非盈利组织的领导者和公共政策制定者对于服务社会、改善社会环境往往有着最美好的意愿，但是他们的解决方案与其想要达成的，真正需要的来说是远远不够的。甚至，他们提出的方案会使结果随着时间的推移向相反的方向发展。例如，临时的庇护所增长了无家可归者的人数，缉毒行动增加了毒品相关的罪案，而食品援助加重了饥荒的程度。
这些出乎意料的结果是如何产生的呢？我们又该如何避免这些结果呢？我们总是将传统的思考方式应用于复杂的社会问题，这样往往止步不前，试着换一种思维，说不定就会得到完全不同的结果。
《对社会改变的系统思维》能帮助读者理解系统思维的含义以及在工作中的重要性，随后使他们能更有效地对社会做出贡献。读者能学会在不使用专业技术的条件下将系统思维纳入具体的解决问题、决策制定和战略规划中。
系统思维领导者大卫•斯特罗帮助读者了解他曾使用的一些方法来帮助人们更好地减少流浪者人数、维护儿童福利、发展农村经济、帮助服刑人员早日回归社会，解决身份认知冲突等社会问题。
《对社会改变的系统思维》是一部非常高效实用的书籍，可以帮助读者达到预期效果。（XAT）
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About the Author/作者介绍： 大卫•彼特•斯特罗是布里德威合伙人(www.bridgewaypartners.com)的创始合伙人，还是www.appliedsystemsthinking.com.的创会理事。大卫还是创新顾问公司的创始人之一，此咨询公司在组织学习中有先锋地位。大卫现因帮助人们在慢性、复杂的问题中应用系统思维有所突破、改善社会环境发展战略而国际知名。David Peter Stroh is a founding partner of Bridgeway Partners (www.bridgewaypartners.com) and a founding director of www.appliedsystemsthinking.com. He was also one of the founders of Innovation Associates, the consulting firm whose pioneering work in the area of organizational learning formed the basis for fellow cofounder Peter Senge’s management classic The Fifth Discipline. David is internationally recognized for his work in enabling people to apply systems thinking to achieve breakthroughs around chronic, complex problems and to develop strategies that improve system-wide performance over time.
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