Systems Theory and Practice in the Knowledge Age

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Emergent or Just Unexpected?....Pages 3-9
 Sawu Bona : Systems Theory in Design....Pages 11-18
Mapping the Stages of the Development of Management Sciences Methodologies in the UK: From Single Solving Methods to Multimethodology....Pages 19-27
Relevance and Rigour, Theory and Practice in Systems....Pages 29-35
Vickers’ Concept of Relationship-Maintaining and the Nature of Regulation....Pages 37-44
Front Matter....Pages 45-45
Connecting Soft Systems Thinking with Project Management Practice: An Organizational Change Case Study....Pages 47-54
Cybernetics/Systems Approach to Transformation of the Towel Production Firms in Osaka Area, Japan....Pages 55-62
Towards a Contingency Framework for Intervention in the Context of a Systems-Based Approach....Pages 63-69
SSM-Guided Research to Improve the Linkages between a Science Provider and their End-Users....Pages 71-78
A Multi-Methodological Approach to Emergency Call Handling in the Metropolitan Police Service....Pages 79-86
Using SSM to Improve Supply Chain Effectiveness....Pages 87-95
Improving Systems Intervention in SMEs: Reflections on Systems Boundaries in Practice....Pages 97-104
Soft Systems Methodology based on Organizational Knowledge-Creation Theory....Pages 105-111
Front Matter....Pages 113-113
Inquiring into Learning as System....Pages 115-122
Creating Corporate Value through Knowledge Management Systems....Pages 123-130
Information, Knowledge and Teams....Pages 131-138
A Human Value System Based Methodology for an Organisational Development Consultancy....Pages 139-146
Systemic Learning with a Searchlight Approach....Pages 147-154
The Knowledge Worker and the Knowledge Age....Pages 155-162
Design of a Knowledge Management System for Quality Improvement in a Public Education System in México....Pages 163-171
Front Matter....Pages 113-113
Knowledge in Self-Organization Process: Hope (Finite) of System Thinking....Pages 173-184
The Value of Knowledge Workers — What Affects It and Who Decides?....Pages 185-192
Introduction to Knowledge Profiling....Pages 193-200
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
Participative Action Research (PAR) for Rural Community Development in South Sulawesi, Indonesia....Pages 203-210
Towards a New Agenda for Operational Research and Environmental Management....Pages 211-217
Rhythm of the Rivers: An Ecosystem Approach to Human Health on the Amazon Frontier....Pages 219-227
Front Matter....Pages 229-229
Turnaround Systems Alignment: A Methodology for Dealing with Complex-Coercive Problems....Pages 231-238
On an Application of Critical Systems Heuristics in a Framework for Evaluation of Software Development Productivity....Pages 239-246
A Trusting Constructivist View of Systems Thinking in the Knowledge Age....Pages 247-253
Front Matter....Pages 255-255
Autopoiesis and the Theory of Viable Systems....Pages 257-264
Reconciling Complexity Science in Organizations and Christian Spirituality....Pages 265-274
Taking Account of Human Rights....Pages 275-282
The Impact of Computer Hardware Theft on ICT Introduction to South African Rural Communities: An Interpretive Assessment Through Focus Groups and Morphological Analysis within a Process-Based Research Framework....Pages 283-291
Participation in Thames Chase Community Forest: A Multimedia Elicitation Tool....Pages 293-300
Front Matter....Pages 301-301
A Systems Approach to Marketing....Pages 303-310
Systemic Requirements for the Development of Competitive Capability: Lessons from a New Zealand Study of Competitive Advantage....Pages 311-319
Rethinking Business Strategy with Complexity Theory....Pages 321-328
Front Matter....Pages 329-329
Information System Risks and Countermeasures in Supply Chain Integration and Management for an Enterprise....Pages 331-338
An Evaluation Framework for Information Strategies at Higher Education Institutions....Pages 339-347
Systems Thinking in the Theory and Practice of Strategic Information Systems Planning....Pages 349-356
Front Matter....Pages 329-329
Practical Approaches to an Information Systems Architecture Implementation at Glaxowellcome....Pages 357-364
The Role of Surplus Vision in Knowledge Systems....Pages 365-373
Cross-Cultural Issues Affecting Electronic Transfer of Personal Health Information....Pages 375-380
Comment on ‘How’ to Conduct an Action Research Study in the Domain of Information Systems Development....Pages 381-388
Front Matter....Pages 389-389
Complex Clusters in Local Environments: Multi-Layered Multi-Media Learning....Pages 391-398
Handling Complexity in Networked Multimedia Systems: The Contribution of Semiotics....Pages 399-405
Some Considerations for a Semantic Analysis of Conceptual Data Schemata....Pages 407-413
Product and Systems Design through Linguistic Modelling....Pages 415-422
Modelling Roles in Business Systems Using Role Objects....Pages 423-430
Towards a Definition of the “Information Bearing Capability” of a Conceptual Data Schema....Pages 431-438
Front Matter....Pages 439-439
Enacting Platforms Towards Critical Systems Practice: Reflections from an Organisation-Based Action Research....Pages 441-448
A Base for Simulating Information Distribution....Pages 449-456
Systems Thinking and the Knowledge Age: Revisiting Kuhn....Pages 457-464
Chaos and Complexity Theory in Management: An Exploration from a Critical Systems Thinking Perspective....Pages 465-472
Back Matter....Pages 473-478