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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 approaches to problem solving reported in the research literature. This work will enhance the studies of researchers and students in the areas of systems problem solving, action research, management science, and operational research.
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.
edited by Robert L. Flood, Norma R. A. Romm.