Keyword: systems

Found 315 papers in total
An analytic approach to constructing configurations of technical systems
An analytic approach to constructing configurations of technical systems
2017,
We consider a formalized problem setting for designing possible configurations of a...
Occupational Survival Through Field-Level Task Integration: Systems Men, Production Planners, and the Computer, 1940s‐1990s
Occupational Survival Through Field-Level Task Integration: Systems Men, Production Planners, and the Computer, 1940s‐1990s
2016,
This paper examines how occupational groups survive the introduction of a new...
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections: challenges and opportunities for the application of systems engineering
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections: challenges and opportunities for the application of systems engineering
2017,
In the United States about 100,000 people die annually from...
Task Complexity in Individual Stock Control Tasks for Laboratory Experiments on Human Understanding of Dynamic Systems
Task Complexity in Individual Stock Control Tasks for Laboratory Experiments on Human Understanding of Dynamic Systems
2017,
Dynamic stock control tasks have been frequently used in laboratory experiments in...
Using System Dynamics to Investigate How Belief Systems Influence the Process of Organizational Change
Using System Dynamics to Investigate How Belief Systems Influence the Process of Organizational Change
2017,
The relationship between organizational change and performance is an important topic...
The Cascade Capacity Predicts Individuals to Seed for Diffusion Through Social Networks
The Cascade Capacity Predicts Individuals to Seed for Diffusion Through Social Networks
2017,
Why ideas and practices spread an important topic for management scholars and...
Preparing for the Field by Topics: A Systems Theory Inspired Strategy for Improving Social Access
Preparing for the Field by Topics: A Systems Theory Inspired Strategy for Improving Social Access
2017,
This paper presents a preparation strategy for ethnographic field stays that seeks to...
Cybernetics of Value Cocreation for Product Development
Cybernetics of Value Cocreation for Product Development
2017,
In marketing theory, the shift from the paradigm of value creation to value...
From Autocatalysis to Market Relations: A Systems Approach to the Material Flows Needed by Living Systems
From Autocatalysis to Market Relations: A Systems Approach to the Material Flows Needed by Living Systems
2017,
The paper analyses how the control of material flows needed by living systems...
Factors Influencing the Adoption of Systems Thinking in Primary and Secondary Schools in Switzerland
Factors Influencing the Adoption of Systems Thinking in Primary and Secondary Schools in Switzerland
2017,
Systems thinking is well suited to complement widespread linear thinking in schools....
Effect of Delay Order on Estimation Quality–Experimental Evidence on the Tendency to Consider Continuous Delays as Discrete Delays
Effect of Delay Order on Estimation Quality–Experimental Evidence on the Tendency to Consider Continuous Delays as Discrete Delays
2017,
The purpose of the study is to test whether people make different estimations...
A multi-objective military system of systems architecting problem with inflexible and flexible systems: formulation and solution methods
A multi-objective military system of systems architecting problem with inflexible and flexible systems: formulation and solution methods
2016,
System of systems (SoS) architecting is the process of bringing together and...
Low-carbon Reconstruction: A Meta-Synthesis Approach for the Sustainable Development of a Post-Disaster Community
Low-carbon Reconstruction: A Meta-Synthesis Approach for the Sustainable Development of a Post-Disaster Community
2016,
Achieving sustainable development is a major challenge for a post‐disaster...
Group Model-Building to Support Public Policy: Addressing a Conflicted Situation in a Problem Neighbourhood
Group Model-Building to Support Public Policy: Addressing a Conflicted Situation in a Problem Neighbourhood
2016,
This paper evaluates a group model‐building project concerning safety in a city...
Using System Archetypes to Identify Drivers and Barriers for Sustainable Agriculture in Africa: A Case Study in Ghana
Using System Archetypes to Identify Drivers and Barriers for Sustainable Agriculture in Africa: A Case Study in Ghana
2016,
The African agricultural system is characterized by complex challenges such as famine,...
Institutionalism and the Influence of the Cultural Values of the Family Subsystem on the Management of the Small‐Medium Family Firms
Institutionalism and the Influence of the Cultural Values of the Family Subsystem on the Management of the Small‐Medium Family Firms
2016,
The current work advances and tests an explanation for the flow of values in...
Governing in the Anthropocene: What Future Systems Thinking in Practice?
Governing in the Anthropocene: What Future Systems Thinking in Practice?
2016,
The revealing and concealing features of the metaphor ‘earth as...
Ecosystem Approaches to Health and Well-Being: Navigating Complexity, Promoting Health in Social‐Ecological Systems
Ecosystem Approaches to Health and Well-Being: Navigating Complexity, Promoting Health in Social‐Ecological Systems
2016,
Ecosystem Approaches to Health (also known as ‘ecohealth’) link population...
Educating and Empowering Children for Governing in the Anthropocene: A Case Study of Children's Homes in Sri Lanka
Educating and Empowering Children for Governing in the Anthropocene: A Case Study of Children's Homes in Sri Lanka
2016,
Educating children and young people on how to care for the environment is the focus of...
Soft Systems Methodology and Interdisciplinarity in Management Education
Soft Systems Methodology and Interdisciplinarity in Management Education
2016,
One negative point of management education is the lack of integration between the...
25 Years of the World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Nursing in Brazil: A Historical‐Social Research
25 Years of the World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Nursing in Brazil: A Historical‐Social Research
2016,
The aim of this study was to analyse the development of the World Health Organization...
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...
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