Learning for Action: A Short Definitive Account of Soft Systems Methodology, and Its Use for Practitioners, Teachers and Students Paperback - 2007 - 1st Edition
by Peter Checkland; John Poulter
From the rear cover
The approach to tackling messy real-life situations known as Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) was developed in a 30-year programme of action research led by Peter Checkland. The approach is now used and taught around the world, and its development has been described in depth in four books published between 1981 and 1999, which are now regarded as classics in the field.
Peter Checkland and John Poulter now present a concise, crystal-clear and definitive account of SSM written for anyone who wishes to use, teach, or learn about it. This account also corrects the misunderstandings about the SSM approach, which plague its secondary literature.
Learning for Action first provides an overview of SSM and its use, then gives a detailed account of the techniques used within it. It also crisply summarizes many accounts of SSM in action in real situations in both private and public sectors, using the pattern: the situation; the use of SSM; outcomes, with references given to more detailed accounts.
Also covered are the craft skills which practitioners develop, the theory underlying SSM, and the fundamental shift in thinking away from the systems approaches of the 1960s which its development signalled - namely the transition from 'hard' to 'soft' systems thinking.
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- Title Learning for Action: A Short Definitive Account of Soft Systems Methodology, and Its Use for Practitioners, Teachers and Students
- Author Peter Checkland; John Poulter
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 224
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Wiley, Chichester
- Date 2007-04-02
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780470025543 / 0470025549
- Weight 0.72 lbs (0.33 kg)
- Dimensions 8.96 x 6.47 x 0.49 in (22.76 x 16.43 x 1.24 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Problem solving, System theory
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006010828
- Dewey Decimal Code 658.403
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