Systems Thinking and Management Sciences Methodologies
A special issue of Systems (ISSN 2079-8954).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 October 2015) | Viewed by 19682
Special Issue Editors
Interests: literacy health and planetary health in Latin America; applying circular economy systemic principles to food waste management; promoting ecological and environmental awareness in HEIs; Interdisciplinary approaches to research climate emergency
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Interests: systems thinking and practice; knowledge management and communities of practice; evaluation of educational development activity and technology supported learning; change management, information systems and business intelligence in higher education
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The evolution of systems thinking (ST) in management science methodologies has generated a set of systemic methodologies, embedded in an ever increasing application of the so-called problem structuring methods (PSM), which has enriched the long tradition of operational research/management science (OR/MS) applications [1–9].The spread of these applications has been visible, not only in the OR/MS field (where they originally appeared), also in other fields of knowledge, such as general management, information systems, psychology, cognitive sciences, cybernetics, law, computer sciences, family therapy, and organizational theory (among others).
You are invited to submit a paper that explores the role of systems thinking in the development of management science systemic methodologies and its applications. We welcome papers concerning all strands of systems approaches in management sciences (systems engineering, systems dynamics, cybernetics, complexity theory, soft systems thinking, and critical systems thinking). Contexts for theory and practical applications may include, but are not limited to:
General management, information systems, education, environmental management; family therapy, agriculture, water management; environmental management; national and international security; business and management (in particular applications to SMEs and family business); project management; voluntary sectors and community sectors; local and national contexts; and governance.
We particularly welcome papers that propose and use a trans-disciplinary, multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary approach to tackle the complexity of problematic situations embedded in the areas above. Applications of PSM in emergent economies are particularly welcome.
This Special Issue will further cement and promote some of the key developments in the use of systemic thinking in Management Science, and illustrate how these developments are helping practitioners, policy makers, and decision makers tackle the complexity of contemporary and problematic social, political, business, security, health, and environmental situations.Prof. Dr. Alberto Paucar-Caceres
Dr. Diane Hart
Guest Editors
References
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- Checkland, P.B. Reply to Eden And Ackerman: Any future for problem structuring methods? J. Oper. Res. Soc. 2006, 57, 768–771.
- Jackson, M.C. Systems Approaches to Management; Plenum: New York, NY, USA, 2000.
- Jackson, M.C. Systems Thinking: Holism for Managers; Wiley: Chichester, UK, 2003.
- Jackson, M.C. Beyond problem Structuring methods: Reinventing the Future of OR/MS. J. Oper. Res. Soc. 2006, 57, 868–878,
- Midgley, G. Systemic Intervention: Philosophy, Methodology and Practice; Kluwer Academic: New York, NY, USA, 2000.
- Mingers, J. Multi-Paradigm Multimethodology. In Multimethodology; Mingers, J., Gill, A., Eds.; Wiley: Chichester, UK, 1997.
- Rosenhead, J.; Mingers, J. Rational Analysis for a Problematic World Revisited, 2nd ed.; Wiley: Chichester, UK, 2001.
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