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INFORMAL SYSTEMS THINKING OR SYSTEMS THEORY
Cybernetics and Systems, 2003Systems thinking is the practice of holistic thinking, which can be informal or based on systems theory. Success has always depend on holistic rather than one-side thinking. Empirical findings about the innovative society can exemplify this statement, though there seems to be no universal agreement as to what the basic attributes of systems thinking ...
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Systems thinking for the integration of management systems
Business Process Management Journal, 2004This paper discusses how a systems approach to management can be used to facilitate the development and implementation of an integrated management system (IMS) in an organization. It is argued that any solution to address the rapidly growing need for the integration of function‐specific management systems requires two elements: a conceptual model and a
Jonker, J., Karapetrovic, S.
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Kybernetes, 2019
Purpose The current field of systems thinking consists of a variety of views, methods and a number of organisations involved with these views which suggests a state of confusion and fragmentation of the field which fundamentally is supposed to be a uniform view of structures or systems. This can be interpreted as a “crisis situation”.
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Purpose The current field of systems thinking consists of a variety of views, methods and a number of organisations involved with these views which suggests a state of confusion and fragmentation of the field which fundamentally is supposed to be a uniform view of structures or systems. This can be interpreted as a “crisis situation”.
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Quality thinking and systems thinking
The TQM Magazine, 2006PurposeThe full meaning of quality and quality management concepts can be only understood within the framework of systems thinking. The need for a new paradigm, based on systems theory, is even more evident when the attempt is made to extend quality management concepts from the material level of economic transactions to the immaterial level of social ...
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2019
As more of our systems interoperate in one or more independently evolving systems of systems and user needs focus more on “new capabilities” rather than a “new system,” so too do our systems thinking processes need to evolve to SoS thinking. SoS thinking builds upon systems thinking to consider the interactions of the SoS constituent systems with each ...
Jo Ann Lane, Barry Boehm
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As more of our systems interoperate in one or more independently evolving systems of systems and user needs focus more on “new capabilities” rather than a “new system,” so too do our systems thinking processes need to evolve to SoS thinking. SoS thinking builds upon systems thinking to consider the interactions of the SoS constituent systems with each ...
Jo Ann Lane, Barry Boehm
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Genealogies of Earth System thinking
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 2020In the first half of the 20th century, the Earth was already envisioned as a system of interacting parts intertwined with human cultural evolution. Historical sources of Earth Systems thinking can still be relevant in light of current and future trajectories, and may offer insights to inform and rethink present-day discourses and strategies.
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Trying to Think Systematically About 'Systems Thinking'
The Journal of the Operational Research Society, 1995I noticed with interest that Peter Checkland has now contributed' to the debate on the use of the term 'systems thinking' in a paper by Eric Wolstenholme2. However, due to the self-confessed lag in his reading schedule, Peter is responding to the original piece and not to any of the subsequent observations on it3'4 (although he is kind enough to ...
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