The Delft Systems Approach: Analysis and Design of Industrial Systems / Edition 1

by Hans P. M. Veeke, Jaap A. Ottjes, Gabriel Lodewijks

Overview

This book is a tribute to Prof. Jan in ‘t Veld, who is the real founder of the Delft Systems Approach. Until a few days before he died in 2005, he was working on the English translation of his successful book Analyse van Organisatie-problemen. The eighth edition of the book appeared in the Netherlands in 2002; it represents 50 years of experience, discussion and application of a systems approach that was gradually developed and sharply defined by him. About 85,000 copies of the book had been sold by then. Unfortunately he was not able to finish the translation. The writers of this book are convinced of the value of his approach and decided to finish his work. The chapters of the Dutch book that had already been translated (by A.M.P. O’Brien) are included here with only minor changes made to them (Chapts. 2, 3, 4, 7, 8 and 9). However, we extended the theory with a conceptual view of behaviour modelling, a view that was approved by in ‘t Veld himself. Besides this, in ‘t Veld started his work from a purely managerial viewpoint.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781848001763
Publisher:	Springer London
Publication date:	06/04/2008
Edition description:	2008
Pages:	223
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Hans P.M. Veeke, Jaap A. Ottjes and Gabriël Lodewijks all work for the Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands.

Table of Contents

Systems Concepts.- Case: The Flight Department.- Models for the Structuring of Processes.- Conceptual Model for the Analysis of Industrial Systems.- Behaviour of a Function: The Process.- The Case of the Ship Engine Factory.- Policy and Performance.- Model for the Innovation Process.- The Design Process with the Conceptual Models.- Case: The Automated Container Terminal.