V knige v populiarnom izlozhenii predstavlena metodologiia sistemnykh issledovanii slozhnykh struktur. Ona adresovana rukovoditeliam i predprinimateliam, obiazannym derzhat udar v liubykh neozhidannykh situatciiakh; uchenym i soiskateliam uchenykh stepenei, rabotaiushchim nad problemnymi voprosami. A takzhe kniga budet polezna inzheneram i studentam, ishchushchim otvety na voprosy, postavlennye tekhnicheskim progressom ili uchebnym protcessom, a takzhe vsem, kto stalkivaetsia s "nereshaemymi" zadachami razlichnoi prirody.