Critical Systems Thinking Current Research and Practice /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Flood, Robert L. (Editor), Romm, Norma R. A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 1996.
• Subjects: Business.; Management science.; Political science.; Business and Management.; Business and Management, general.; Political Science.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

This volume offers comprehensive treatment of the latest developments in critical systems thinking and practice. The book features contributions by researchers at the prestigious Centre for Systems Studies at the University of Hull, England. The emphasis is on rigorous analysis of the wide range of...

Table of Contents:

• Theory
• What Is This Thing Called CST?
• The Ideal of Unity and the Practice of Pluralism in Systems Science
• Dealing with Diversity
• A Foucauldian Reflection on Critical Systems Thinking
• Diversity Management
• Methodology
• Total Systems Intervention
• TSI as Critique
• Critical Creativity and Total Systems Intervention
• Critical Systems Thinking for Citizens
• Systems Methodologies and Intervention
• A Framework for Assessing Participation
• Practice
• TSI in North Yorkshire Police
• Two Perspectives in a Voluntary Organization
• Reflections on an Action Research Project
• Economic Recession and Self-Deceptions
• Conclusion Preserving a Taste for Research and Practice without Recipes.