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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Critical systems thinking"”.
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The architecture and acuity of critical systems thinking
This thesis looks at two critical urges in Critical Systems Thinking that both complement and critique each other. Firstly, there is an urge to construct in a critical manner. Secondly, there is an urge to be critical about such constructions. They complement and critique each other in the manner …
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Critical systems thinking and pluralism : a new constellation
… and the solutions offered by various critical systems writers. The problems of "imperialism" are outlined together with an analysis of the meta-theoretical views which purport to avoid imperialism. It is suggested that researchers attempting to understand alien or incommensurable …
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Critical systems thinking, dialogue and quality management in the National Health Service
… Health Service (NHS), the theories of dialogue, critical systems thinking, and quality - and how these domains can be related together to produce a new concept of quality called critical quality.A quality gap is identified between what the NHS produces and what the public requires of it. It is …
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A critical systems thinking approach for the planning of information technology in the information society
… Planning (ICTP) from the perspective of Critical Systems Thinking (CST). Nowadays with the increasing use of information and communications technologies and the possibilities of management of information, organisations and people in general focus attention on the planning of these …
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Critical systems thinking, theory and practice : a case study of an intervention in two British local authorities
This thesis reports an intervention informed by critical systems thinking. The intervention drew upon a variety of systems and operational research methods to systemically explore the problems facing housing services for older people. Stakeholders were then supported in developing a response to …
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The role of trust in relation to how quality in mental health services is perceived : a critical systems thinking approach
… carried out within an overarching framework of Critical Systems Thinking (CST), using a modified form of Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) (Checkland and Scholes, 1990; Checkland and Poulter, 2006) to structure the process of gathering information regarding perceptions of service quality, …
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Interaction with rule-bound systems : introducing a new 'ideal type' problem context
… a new ideal-type problem context of rule-bound systems. The thesis has been generated through a belief in the ability of metaphor to make the abstract visible, its capacity to make the unfamiliar familiar, and its effectiveness as a legitimate means of generating insight and organizing …
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Motivation in organisations : the need for a critical systemic approach
The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate by critical consideration the suitability of various approaches of inquiry for exploring and enhancing motivation intervention in contemporary organisations; in particular, to spell out the need for a critical systemic approach of inquiry in relation to a …
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Unity and pluralism
… of this thesis is methodological pluralism in systems science: that is, how it might be possible to draw upon different systems methods that are traditionally thought to be based in incommensurable paradigms. The thesis is split into three sections. Section One begins by reviewing ideas about …
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Exploring justice in professional mediation : a systemic intervention in Colombia
… how an action research approach based on a critical systemic perspective can benefit the practice of mediators in dealing with issues of justice during mediation processes. First, methodological reflections on critical systems thinking are presented, and a new development is proposed based …
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Creative management of creative management : a critical systems approach
This thesis draws on current research from the systems world - that of Critical Systems Thinking - in such a way as to bring the study of creativity into a new era. Recognising a novel link between these two major fields of activity has enabled a new form of creativity to be both developed and …
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From marketing systems to systems marketing
… study.This is done in the light of Habermas's critical theory and contemporary critical systems thinking (CST). It is argued that there is an urgent need to bring together the strengths of 'critical' and 'systems' so as to facilitate collective complementarity while at the same time preserving …
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Health systems thinking : the need for a more critical approach
… to bring more insights and added value to health systems thinking using systems ideas. It inquires about the current state of health systems thinking, analyses different strengths of alternative systems approaches, and suggests what systems thinking can offer in order to improve the current …
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Health care and social justice evaluation : a critical and pluralist approach
This thesis proposes a critical, systemic and pluralist approach to evaluating health programs. It examines ways in which efforts to promote equality and plurality are undermined by the application of foundationalist and universal conceptions of social justice and evaluation. This approach is …
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A critical process for the evaluation of methodology
This thesis uses Critical Systems Thinking (CST) as a basic philosophy to explore how to create a critical process for evaluating methodology. CST is different from the other two mainstreams of systems thinking (Hard Systems Thinking and Soft Systems Thinking) in terms of its emphasis on …
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Toward a systemic theory of organisational change
… Change (STOC) that is, itself, grounded in Critical Systems Thinking (CST). This STOC will provide a sound theoretical underpinning as a necessary feature of organisational learning that, in turn, will create the sufficient conditions for effective and sustainable organisational change. The …
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Towards a model of strategic management incorporating fuzzy logic
… ethical and planning views as the roots of critical systems thinking for promoting strategic management, which combines formulation and implementation with fuzzy logic by a robust planning, leadership style, participationof organizational members, and stakeholders’ cooperation to overcome …
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Developing the application of systems thinking within the policing and community safety sector : an action research study
… approaches, developments in the field of systems thinking have sought to tackle problem situations more holistically, employing a variety of systems approaches in combination to improve success in problem situations of greater plurality and complexity. In particular, Critical Systems …
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A framework for the explicit use of specific systems thinking methodologies in data-driven decision support system development
Data-driven decision support systems, such as data warehouses, are extremely costly to develop. Forty one per cent of data warehouse development practitioners have experienced project failures. These projects were either completed after exceeding budget and time limits, or not at all. Some …