Journal: Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Found 137 papers in total
Systemic Principles in the Study of Family Businesses
Systemic Principles in the Study of Family Businesses
2016,
This article presents a systems perspective on administration and psychology in the...
Strategies for the Distribution of Power in Brazil: A Proposal from the Perspective of the Viable System Model (VSM)
Strategies for the Distribution of Power in Brazil: A Proposal from the Perspective of the Viable System Model (VSM)
2016,
The instabilities experienced in Brazil, especially during 2014 when World Cup...
Collective Actions in Sustainable Rural Tourism: A Case Study of the Western Region of Paraná
Collective Actions in Sustainable Rural Tourism: A Case Study of the Western Region of Paraná
2016,
This is a study of a collective action oriented to developing rural sustainable...
Quo Vadis? Where are the University and Science Going?
Quo Vadis? Where are the University and Science Going?
2016,
The 1970s mark a historical point of the rise of neo‐liberalism and of the...
Oil Extraction Equipment Industry at Pontal do Paraná: A Search for Sustainability
Oil Extraction Equipment Industry at Pontal do Paraná: A Search for Sustainability
2016,
Pontal do Paraná aims at combining oil industries, environmental protection of...
A Systemic Approach to Understand Smartphone Usage in Singapore
A Systemic Approach to Understand Smartphone Usage in Singapore
2016,
Interactions with smartphones, which have become more than just communication devices,...
The Application of an Extended Hierarchy Theory in Understanding Complex Organizational Situations: The Case of FIReControl
The Application of an Extended Hierarchy Theory in Understanding Complex Organizational Situations: The Case of FIReControl
2016,
Hierarchy theory is a fundamental systems approach that offers rich perspectives in...
Systems Thinking Orientation Assessment Framework (STOAF): Towards Identifying the Key Characteristics of the Systems Thinker and Understanding Their Prevalence in the Layperson
Systems Thinking Orientation Assessment Framework (STOAF): Towards Identifying the Key Characteristics of the Systems Thinker and Understanding Their Prevalence in the Layperson
2016,
This research project sets out to attempt to answer a simple question: to what extent...
Rethinking Democracy: A Systems Perspective on the Global Unrest
Rethinking Democracy: A Systems Perspective on the Global Unrest
2016,
The paper seeks to make a contribution towards a better understanding of the current...
Institutional Economics, Social Dilemmas, and the Complexity-Sustainability Trade-off (A response to Hielscher and Pies)
Institutional Economics, Social Dilemmas, and the Complexity-Sustainability Trade-off (A response to Hielscher and Pies)
2016,
Drawing inspiration from Niklas Luhmann's social systems theory, the present note...
Unintended Environmental Consequences of Improvement Actions: A Qualitative Analysis of Systems' Structure and Behavior
Unintended Environmental Consequences of Improvement Actions: A Qualitative Analysis of Systems' Structure and Behavior
2016,
We qualitatively analysed how and why environmental improvement actions often lead to...
Gaining Policy Insight with a System Dynamics Model of Pain Medicine Prescribing, Diversion and Abuse
Gaining Policy Insight with a System Dynamics Model of Pain Medicine Prescribing, Diversion and Abuse
2016,
Misuse of pain medicine is a leading cause of accidental deaths in the USA–over...
Applying Soft Systems Methodology to the Practice of Managing Family Businesses in Catalonia
Applying Soft Systems Methodology to the Practice of Managing Family Businesses in Catalonia
2016,
We argue that that systemic methodologies rooted in the learning paradigm and, in...
Establishing an Evolutionary Learning Laboratory for Improving the Quality of Life of Vietnamese Women in Small-scale Agriculture: Part II ‐ Systemic Interventions
Establishing an Evolutionary Learning Laboratory for Improving the Quality of Life of Vietnamese Women in Small-scale Agriculture: Part II ‐ Systemic Interventions
2016,
This study applies a systems thinking approach by using the seven‐step...
Sense-making Innovative Systems: Prestigious MOOCs
Sense-making Innovative Systems: Prestigious MOOCs
2016,
Making sense of the chaos that may be caused by the emergence of innovative systems...
Temporal Events and Problem Structuring
Temporal Events and Problem Structuring
2016,
Problems come with a history and sometimes an assumed future. Our understanding of the...
Integrating Economics and System Dynamics Approaches for Modelling an Ecological‐Economic System
Integrating Economics and System Dynamics Approaches for Modelling an Ecological‐Economic System
2016,
This article documents trans‐disciplinary collaboration between system dynamics...
Systemic Management to Address the Challenges Facing the Performance of Agriculture in Africa: Case Study in Ghana
Systemic Management to Address the Challenges Facing the Performance of Agriculture in Africa: Case Study in Ghana
2016,
Constraints and challenges in the agricultural industry of Ghana limit its...
The Relationship between Systems Thinking and the New Ecological Paradigm
The Relationship between Systems Thinking and the New Ecological Paradigm
2016,
The goal of the present research was to examine the relationship between the cognitive...
Establishing an Evolutionary Learning Laboratory for Improving the Quality of Life of Vietnamese Women in Small-scale Agriculture: Part I–The Current Situation
Establishing an Evolutionary Learning Laboratory for Improving the Quality of Life of Vietnamese Women in Small-scale Agriculture: Part I–The Current Situation
2016,
The study was carried out in Haiphong, a typical lowland area of the Red River Delta...
Assessing the Participatory Potential of Systems Mapping
Assessing the Participatory Potential of Systems Mapping
2016,
The complexity of sustainability issues prompts both science and policy‐making...
General Systems Theory: Its Present and Potential
General Systems Theory: Its Present and Potential
2015,
In the first part of this paper, I present a brief overview of contemporary research...
General Systems Theory: Its Past and Potential
General Systems Theory: Its Past and Potential
2015,
This paper has three parts. First, I discuss what I take as the original stimulus and...
Knowing Differently in Systemic Intervention
Knowing Differently in Systemic Intervention
2015,
This paper makes the case for extended ways of knowing in systemic intervention. It...
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