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Learning For Action de John Poulter

Learning For Action

Autor John Poulter, Peter Checkland
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 iul 2006
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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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780470025543
ISBN-10: 0470025549
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Locul publicării:Chichester, United Kingdom

Public țintă

University students studying SSM in business administration, management, information systems, IT and the management sciences. Existing and potential practitioners, such as managers, management consultants and management scientists (often in management services departments in large organizations.

Notă biografică

Peter Checkland is the recipient of the 'Most Distinguished and Outstanding Contributor' Award of the British Computer Society Methodologies Group, 1994 Recipient of the Gold Medal of the UK Systems Society for 'Outstanding Contribution to Systems Thinking' and 1997 Recipient of a Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship. Now retired from full time university work, Peter Checkland continues his research and writing. John Poulter is a practitioner of SSM. He first used SSM formally when working with Peter Checkland in the UK's National Health Service in 1993. A founder member of the Soft Systems Research Group, he has presented papers and other publications on the use of SSM.

Cuprins

Preamble A TEN-MINUTE ACCOUNT OF SOFT SYSTEMS METHODOLOGY FOR VERY BUSY PEOPLE.Preface.
INTRODUCTION.
PART 1 THE NATURE OF SSM.
Chapter 1 A SKELETON ACCOUNT OF SSM AS A WHOLE.
What is SSM?
What is the SSM Process?
What can SSM be used for?
Is SSM mature?
How was SSM developed?
How does SSM differ from other systems approaches?
Chapter 2 A FLESHED-OUT ACCOUNT OF SSM.
Introduction.
The SSM Learning Cycle: Finding Out.
The SSM Learning Cycle: Making Purposeful Activity Models.
The SSM Learning Cycle: Using Models to Structure Discussion about.
The Situation and its Improvement.
The SSM Learning Cycle: Defining 'Action to Improve'.
The Whole SSM Learning Cycle Revisited: seven principles, four actions.
PART 2 SSM IN ACTION.
Chapter 3 SSM IN ACTION IN MANAGEMENT SITUATIONS.
Introduction.
Case 1: Rethinking the Role of a Head Office Function in Shell.
Case 2: Evaluating Past Events.
Case 3: Upgrading the Skills of a Department.
Case 4: Tackling your own Issues.
Case 5: Clarifying a Concept.
Chapter 4 SSM IN ACTION IN THE FIELD OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS.
Introduction.
Case 1: Creating an Information Strategy in an Acute Hospital.
Case 2: Evaluating a Clinical Information System.
Case 3: Evaluating a National Initiative in the NHS.
Case 4: Providing Information Support for Scientists and Technologists.
Conclusion.
Chapter 5 SSM: MISUNDERSTANDINGS AND CRAFT SKILLS.
Introduction.
Misunderstanding SSM.
Craft Skills in SSM Use.
Tips on Techniques in SSM.
PART 3 SUMMING UP.
Chapter 6 SSM AS A WHOLE - some reminders.
Approaching SSM: the mindset.
SSM: an aide memoire.
Appendix One: SSM's Theory.
Appendix Two: The Story of SSM's Development.
Appendix Three: A Talked-through Example of Activity Model Building.
Appendix Four: A Generic Model of Purposeful Activity Modelling.
Appendix Five: Some Frequently Asked Questions.

Descriere

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.