1st Edition
Managing Multi-Dimensional Complexities in Organizations From Problem-Solving to System-Optimization with the Dimensions Surfacing Heuristics
1. Introduction 2. The M-A-S-T-E-R Purpose 3. Open-Dynamic Systems 4. System-Optimization 5. Perspectives and Complexities 6. Methodology and Methods 7. The Intervention Cycle 8. Problem Formulation 9. Dimensions Surfacing Heuristics 10. Systems Thinking in Action 11. Conclusion
Biography
Mehaad A. Tegally is Registered Professional Systems Engineer, having majored in Systems Engineering, with Operations Research and Industrial Engineering. He is also Certified Quality Manager and Operations Management trainer. Throughout the years, he has acquired a wide range of hands-on experience working in and with several different organizations in the industrial, service, and social fields. He has worked, provided training, and consulted in areas of Operations Management, Re-engineering and Optimization, Customer Service, Quality and Project Management, and General Management.
He is a Systems Thinking adept, passionate about Competing Sustainably for the Future, and a Systems Change advocate. He is founder of the Sustainable Operating System Initiative® and developed the Dimensions Surfacing Heuristics. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he wrote about the “Need to Rethink Organizations”. He has also written press and journal articles of national and academic interests during the past 40 years. More recently, he wrote about how to tackle multi-dimensional complex problems in organizations and was involved in mini-symposia sessions organized by the ‘International Society for the Systems Sciences’.
“This is a book for practitioners which shows awareness of the latest systems thinking, introduces key systems concepts carefully, offers some nice examples, and is well-written”.
- Emeritus, Professor Michael C. Jackson on the first edition of this book.
