Designing Social Systems in a Changing World/
by Bela H. Banathy
- New York, Springer science business media: 1996.
- xv, 372 pages:
1. Introduction 2. What is Design? Why Do We Need It? 3. The Products and Processes of Design 4. The Design Landscape 5. Design as a Multidimensional Inquiry 6. Getting Ready for Design 7. Evaluation and Value Adding 8. The Journey Continues
This book " offers resources and programs by which individuals, groups and organizations can learn to create a common ground, collectively define values and qualities they seek to realize, envision ideal images of a desired future, and bring those images to life by engaging in the disciplined inquiry of social systems design."