Rethinking the fifth discipline

by Robert L. Flood

The Fifth Discipline is one of the very few approaches to management that has attained position on the International Hall of Fame. Robert Louis Floods book explains and critiques the ideas in straight forward terms.Rethinking The Fifth Discipline makes significant and fundamental improvements to the core discipline of systemic thinking. It establishes crucial developments in this area in the context of the learning organisation, including creativity and organisational transformation. It is therefore a very important text for strategic planners, organisational change agents and consultants.Key features of this work include· a review and critique of The Fifth Discipline and systemic thinking· an introduction to the gurus of systemic thinking - Senge, Bertalanffy, Beer, Ackoff, Checkland and Churchman· a redefinition of management through systemic thinking· a guide to choosing, implementing and evaluating improvement strategies· practical animationRobert Louis Flood is a renowned and auth