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Systems in action: Trading on uncertainty

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By: The Systems Practice team (The Open University)

Systems can cope with changes of all sorts, as Manpower demonstrated.

18 May
2005
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How do systems respond to environmental change and uncertainty? Filmed in 1980, this case study looks at the success of Manpower.

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Part Two

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Part Five

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