Systems Thinking, Systems Practice

by Peter Checkland

Develops an explicit account of the "systems outlook" and shows how to use that outlook in the solution of practical problems. Describes how the theory and applications were modified through experience and includes reflections on the interaction between theory and practice.

Genres: Nonfiction, Business, Leadership, Design

Hardcover

First published May 1, 1981

Reviews

[Truls Ljungström · Rating 5 out of 5]

En strålande bok, vars centrala budskap är CATWOE, som författaren menar används för att tolka organisationsförändringar.

Customer vem är målgruppen som skall dra nytta?
Actors vilka är intressenterna?
Transformation vad är det som skall uppnås?
Weltanschauung vilka normer, övertygelser och förståelser finns, och måste tas hänsyn till?
Owner vem måste godkänna för att processen skall kunna genomföras?
Environmental constraints hur ser marktillståndet ut?

Författaren menar att denna ordningsföljd undgår många av de problem som annars kan uppstå.

Jag kan starkt rekommendera denna bok.

[Matthew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Philisophical look at soft systems engineering. Seminal work in the field. Methods are slightly outdated compared to modern soft systems engineering; see Checkland's later works, and others in the 30 year retrospective.

[Florence · Rating 2 out of 5]

so many words

[Ariadna73 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Systems Thinking; Systems Practice is the description of the core thinking of Peter Checkland about how to understand the world and how to face the problems that we face in our daily work. It proposes a new approach to the difficulties that we have to endure; calling them problematic situations; instead of problems and describing a scientifically developed methodology (SSM) to deal with those situations and get the best possible outcome out of them.

[bubblesm · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting book on the Soft Systems Methodology. Must read for basic overview.

[Prabjot Singh]

dfg

[Mauricio González Abrigo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Una obra de lectura obligatoria para todo aquel que quiera convertirse en un pensador y practicante de los sistemas suaves. Este obra de Checkland significó un antes y un después en el uso de la idea de sistemas como artefacto teórico y metodológico para abordar problemas organizacionales y de gestión. La Metodología de Sistema Suaves, principal argumento de este libro, de hecho convirtióse en la mas popular y utilizada de las herramientas del Enfoque de Sistemas Críticamente Normativos (Ulrich, 1988) entre los pensadores y practicantes de sistemas post 80s.