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Critical Issues in Systems Theory and Practice

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  • © 1995

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Editors:
  1. Keith Ellis

    1. University of Humberside, Hull, England

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  2. Amanda Gregory

    1. University of Humberside, Hull, England

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  3. Bridget R. Mears-Young

    1. University of Hull, Hull, England

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  4. Gillian Ragsdell

    1. University of Hull, Hull, England

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Table of contents (109 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Plenary Papers

    1. Front Matter

      Pages xvii-xvii
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    2. Systems Theory and Management Thinking

      • Peter Checkland
      Pages 1-14

    3. Total Systems Intervention

      • Robert L. Flood
      Pages 15-24

    4. The Will to Systems

      • Ramsés Fuenmayor
      Pages 25-33

    5. The Holographic Organization

      • Brian P. Hall
      Pages 35-44

    6. Why Is Systemic Thinking ‘Difficult to Sell’?

      • Enrique G. Herrscher
      Pages 45-49

    7. Interactive Management

      • F. R. Janes
      Pages 51-60

    8. What Is This Thing Called CRITICAL Systems Thinking?

      • Gerald Midgley
      Pages 61-71

    9. Does ‘Information Systems’ Need Systems?

      • Frank Stowell
      Pages 73-80

    10. Demands Imposed on Systems Science by Complexity

      • John N. Warfield
      Pages 81-88

  3. Student Papers

    1. Front Matter

      Pages N1-N1
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    2. Application of Multicriteria Analysis to Ranking and Evaluation of Water Development Projects

      • B. Al-Kloub
      Pages 89-93

    3. Have You Been Talking to Yourself, René?

      • Tony Brauer
      Pages 95-100

    4. The Ambiguities in our Understanding of Participation and the Implications of This for Methodology

      • Mandy Brown
      Pages 101-107

    5. A Soft Systems Approach to Integrating Information Systems Planning and Development

      • Sharon Dingley
      Pages 109-114

    6. A Systems Study of the Scope and Significance of Information Systems in the Management of the Colombian Coffee Industry

      • L. F. García-Montoya
      Pages 115-120

    7. The Critical Systems Thinking (CST) as a Path for Acknowledging Human Dignity in the Organizations

      • R. García, S. Motta
      Pages 121-124

    8. The Management of Change in Prisons

      • Catherine Gaskell
      Pages 125-129

    9. Merging the World Views of Systems Science and Human Values

      • Martin L. W. Hall
      Pages 131-135
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The systems movement, now 40 years old, is made up of many associations of systems thinkers from different disciplines all over the world. The United Kingdom Systems Society (UKSS) was formed in 1978. Today it has over 300 members and is committed to the development and promotion of "systems" philosophy, theory, concepts and methodolo­ gies for improving decision making for the benefit of organizations and wider society. The first UKSS International Conference was held at the University of Hull in July ofHuddersfield 1989. Since then we have held International Conferences at the Universities (1991) and Paisley (1993). The UKSS International Conferences are now an established biannual event and this, our fourth international conference, will be jointly hosted by the Universities of Hull and Humberside. Systems science is considered to be a trans-discipline which promotes critical and effective intervention in complex organisational and social problem situations. As such it traverses "hard", through "soft" to "critical" systems thinking and methodologies. Yet, despite the currently robust state of the UKSS the systems movement cannot be described as an international movement: different subdisciplines are at different stages of development and are often engaged in pursuing their own particular interests and themes with little "conversation" between the subdisciplines despite their common interest in systems.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Humberside, Hull, England

    Keith Ellis, Amanda Gregory

  • University of Hull, Hull, England

    Bridget R. Mears-Young, Gillian Ragsdell

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