Solving Complex Problems: A Handbook

Walter Schönwandt; Katrin Voermanek; Jürgen Utz; Jens Grunau; Christoph Hemberger

Published by JOVIS 2014

Solving Complex Problems

A Handbook

Walter Schönwandt , Katrin Voermanek , Jürgen Utz , Jens Grunau and Christoph Hemberger

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783868599114

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About this book

When you’re planning something big, problems appear rather quickly. We hear of them on a daily basis. The bigger or more complex a task, the more we have to deal with complicated, multidisciplinary task formulations. In many cases it is architecture, including urban and spatial planning, but also politics and all types of organizational forms, irrespective of whether they are public authorities or private enterprises, which are expected to deliver functional solutions for such challenges. This is precisely where this book is helpful. It introduces a methodology for developing target-specific, systematic and problem-oriented as well as action-oriented solutions. In doing so, knowledge is created that goes beyond discipline limits while conflicts of values and of interests are integrated into the solution process. Only if one knows exactly where to start and what must be borne in mind is the task of solving complex problems doable and ultimately successful.

This book is addressed to architects as well as to urban and spatial planners, and likewise to politicians and managers. After all, all these different professionals are repeatedly confronted with the task of handling complex, multidisciplinary problems which cannot be solved by applying routine solutions but, indeed, can be successfully addressed by applying the problem-solving system described in this book.

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Walter Schönwandt / Katrin Voermanek / Jürgen Utz / Jens Grunau / Christoph Hemberger

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	4
0 Preface
Problems First? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Why another handbook? On relevance, contents, and general comprehensibility Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
1 Deficient states
Problems First! Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
No solution? No problem! Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
What do we mean by complexity? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
The constituent parts of a problem Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
The deficient state A[-] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
The target state B[+] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
The unknown measures M? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	28
Shifting problems Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
Working aid Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
2 Mechanisms of action and propositions
A map of solutions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
The interrelation between causes and measures during problem-solving Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
A note on the issue of causality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
Cause – measure – consequences – assessment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
A useful working aid: the map of solutions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
Practical guidelines for the map of solutions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
An example of implementation: plastic waste Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	58
The bundle of measures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
Working aids/possible error sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: JOVIS
Audience: Planer Projektmanager Politiker Architekten Entwickler Gruppenleiter Organisationen Behörden
Pages
- Main content: 192
Keywords: Aufgabenstellung; Entwicklung; Lösung; Lösungsprozess; Problembeschreibung; multidisziplinäre Aufgaben

eBook

Published: May 1, 2014
ISBN: 9783868599114

Hardcover

Published: April 15, 2013
ISBN: 9783868592443