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Design Thinking in the Catholic Church’s Organizational Structures: Responding to the Wicked Problem of the Sex Abuse Crisis

Journal of Moral Theology, 2023
Design thinking is a methodology used by organizations in responding to wicked problems—problems that are complex and difficult to solve, due to a variety of factors.
Stephanie Puen
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From humble inquiry to humble intelligence: Confronting wicked problems and augmenting public relations [PDF]

, 2015
This study seeks to upgrade the concept of humble inquiry into humble intelligence (HI) to address a particular set of seemingly intractable challenges known as wicked problems.
Willis, P
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Intelligent modes of imperfect governance

Policy & Society, 2019
In this article, we aim to show that the treatment of wicked problems in the literature on public administration approaches is inadequate. We briefly discuss the literature on wicked problems and propose a conceptualization of wicked problems that, we ...
Duco Bannink, Willem Trommel
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Exploring Procedural Decision Support Systems for Wicked Problem Resolution

South African Computer Journal, 2017
Wicked problems are hyper-complex problems that are not solvable via traditional methods. Some common examples of these include issues such as poverty, climate change, business strategy, and general policy development, which all have high stakes and no ...
Carianne Pretorius
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The wicked and complex in education: developing a transdisciplinary perspective for policy formulation, implementation and professional practice [PDF]

, 2009
The concept of 'wicked issues', originally developed in the field of urban planning, has been taken up by design educators, architects and public health academics where the means for handling 'wicked issues' has been developed through 'reflective ...
Bore, Anne, Wright, Nigel
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A critical assessment of the wicked problem concept: relevance and usefulness for policy science and practice

Policy & Society, 2019
The concept of wicked problems has served as an inspiration for research in a variety of research fields but has also contributed to conceptual confusion through the various ways in which it has been defined and used.
Catrien J.A.M Termeer, Art Dewulf, Robbert Biesbroek   +2 more
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Solving the Problem of Reducing the Audiences’ Favor toward an Educational Institution by Using a Combination of Hard and Soft Operations Research Approaches

Mathematics, 2023
Because of hyper-complexity, a difficulty to define, multiple stakeholders with conflicting perspectives, and a lack of clear-cut solutions, wicked problems necessitate innovative and adaptive strategies. Operations research (OR) has been a valuable tool
Wenjing Xu, Seyyed Ahmad Edalatpanah, Ali Sorourkhah   +2 more
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Wicked Problems in Architectural Research: The Role of Research by Design

ARENA Journal of Architectural Research, 2022
PhD students working in the field of architectural design often miss the reference to a consistent theoretical framework and a proper system of inquiry while working with the research design of their projects.
Krystyna Pietrzyk
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After COVID-19: What can we learn about wicked problem governance?

Social Sciences and Humanities Open, 2021
The governance of the Coronavirus Crisis has shown promising results in some situations, where the spread of the disease to a critical level was avoided.
Benjamin Klasche
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Decoding the Wickedness of Resource Nexus Problems—Examples from Water-Soil Nexus Problems in China

Resources, 2018
Managing environmental resources in a nexus manner is typically denoted as a highly wicked problem. Such denotations are, however, barely based on clearly defined dimensions and degrees of wickedness.
Sabrina Kirschke, Lulu Zhang, Kristin Meyer   +2 more
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