Learning For Action : A Short Definitive Account of Soft Systems Methodology, and its use for Practitioners, Teachers and Students
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0470025549
ISBN-13
9780470025543
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 28th, 2006
Print length
224 Pages
Weight
334 grams
Dimensions
22.80 x 15.10 x 1.20 cms
Product Classification:
Business & managementBusiness and Management
Ksh 7,900.00
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Thirty years ago Peter Checkland set out to test whether the Systems Engineering (SE) approach, highly successful in technical problems, could be used by managers coping with the unfolding complexities of organizational life.
After an explanation of the book’s purpose, the authors provide in Part 1 first an overview of SSM as a whole, then a fleshed-out account with just enough detail and advice to enable the reader to set about using the approach in problem situations of concern. Part 2 describes examples of SSM in action and also pays special attention to one of the most common application areas: that of work in the information system/information technology field. A final chapter in part 2 discusses the difficulties some people have in grasping the true nature of SSM, drawing attention to the inadequacies in much of the secondary literature. Appendices provide an outline of the theoretical considerations which underpin SSM, a guide to sources of further information and illustrations of some of SSM’s techniques.
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