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Written by the founding father of the COMPRAM methodology
Methodology is advised as standard by the OECD to handle global safety
Presents applications in real life problems of global safety
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This handbook for the Methodology of Societal Complexity describes the theoretical development of the field and lays the foundation for the application of the Compram Methodology in the context of addressing complex societal problems. As such, it offers a valuable resource for scientists, practitioners, politicians, master and PhD students in the fields of methodology, the social sciences, operational research, management and political science and for all others who are professionally involved in handling complex societal problems. These problems are the kind that fill the front page of quality newspapers; they have a huge impact on society, involve a variety of phenomena and actors, and are therefore difficult to handle. The structured Compram Methodology provides sound guidelines for handling real-life societal problems democratically, sustainably and transparently. Examples of the use of the Compram Methodology are provided in the domain of global safety with regard to healthcare, economics, climate change, terrorism, large city problems, large technological projects and floods.
Complex societal problems must be treated as multi-disciplinary, multi-actor, multi-level and often as multi-continental issues. As such, they call for a multi-disciplinary and multi-actor approach that takes into account the emotional aspects of the problem and the problem handling process, including the micro, meso and macro level, which can be accomplished using the methods, models and tools from the field of the Methodology of Societal Complexity.
The Compram Methodology improves the problem handling process and increases the quality of interventions and therefore the quality of life. Handling complex societal problems can reduce conflicts, save money and ultimately even save lives.
Dorien J. DeTombe is an internationally recognized expert and founder of the Theory of the Methodology of Societal Complexity and the Compram Methodology.
Reviews
“This book is thoroughly researched and provides an in-depth understanding of the multi-disciplinary, multi-actor, multi-level and often also multi-continental approach presented and how it takes into account emotional aspects of a complex societal problem. … OR problem solvers, including researchers, lecturers and students, can benefit immensely from an exposure to a problem handling methodology that, if applied properly, has the potential to reduce conflicts, save money and ultimately, even save lives.” (Hans W. Ittmann, IFORS News, Vol. 9 (4), December, 2015)
Authors and Affiliations
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Internation Research Society on Methodology of Societal Complexity, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dorien DeTombe
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Handling Societal Complexity
Book Subtitle: A Study of the Theory of the Methodology of Societal Complexity and the COMPRAM Methodology
Authors: Dorien DeTombe
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43917-3
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-43916-6Published: 06 March 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-51561-7Published: 06 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-43917-3Published: 24 February 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 551
Number of Illustrations: 26 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour
Topics: Operations Research/Decision Theory, Population Economics, Methodology of the Social Sciences