Keyword: soft systems

Found 162 papers in total
Supporting the strategy process: a survey of UK OR/MS practitioners
Supporting the strategy process: a survey of UK OR/MS practitioners
2011,
This paper reports the results of an online survey conducted with practitioner members...
Strategy making in social enterprise: The role of resource allocation and its effects on organizational sustainability
Strategy making in social enterprise: The role of resource allocation and its effects on organizational sustainability
2010,
Social enterprises are non‐profit organizations that seek to achieve social...
Combining problem structuring methods to conduct applied research: a mixed methods approach to studying fitness-to-drive in the UK
Combining problem structuring methods to conduct applied research: a mixed methods approach to studying fitness-to-drive in the UK
2009,
This paper describes a mixed methods approach using problem structuring methods to...
Enquiring into skills development with SSM: a South African experience
Enquiring into skills development with SSM: a South African experience
2008,
Since the first democratic elections in 1994, vocational education and training (VET)...
Supporting crime detection and operational planning with soft systems methodology and viable systems model
Supporting crime detection and operational planning with soft systems methodology and viable systems model
2009,
In recent years the introduction and subsequent enhancements of information technology...
Group idea generation and simulation
Group idea generation and simulation
2009,
Electronic brainstorming (EBS) to improve the process and outcomes of group decision...
Open studios: Regional promotion of art tourism
Open studios: Regional promotion of art tourism
2009,
‘Open Studio’ events have become increasingly common in the United Kingdom...
Concept maps: a technique for assessing knowledge manager learning needs
Concept maps: a technique for assessing knowledge manager learning needs
2009,
This paper discusses an exploratory investigation of the role of concept mapping...
The importance of soft factors for quality improvement and organisational performance
The importance of soft factors for quality improvement and organisational performance
2009,
The aim of this paper is, firstly, to examine the relationships between the soft...
Multimethodology in series and parallel: strategic planning using hard and soft OR
Multimethodology in series and parallel: strategic planning using hard and soft OR
2009,
This paper examines two distinct ways in which hard and soft operational research (OR)...
Back to the future for KM: the case for sensible organisation
Back to the future for KM: the case for sensible organisation
2008,
There are many times in our brave new Web-based world that we seem to have lost the...
Semantic network representation of computer-mediated discussions: Conceptual facilitation form and knowledge acquisition
Semantic network representation of computer-mediated discussions: Conceptual facilitation form and knowledge acquisition
2008,
Prior research on computer-mediated discussions examined their effects on knowledge...
Using analysis to influence strategic-decision making: option valuation at ECGD (Export Credits Guarantee Department of UK government)
Using analysis to influence strategic-decision making: option valuation at ECGD (Export Credits Guarantee Department of UK government)
2008,
This case-oriented paper shows how an in-house OR group in a small Government...
System dynamics mapping of acute patient flows
System dynamics mapping of acute patient flows
2008,
Department of Health staff wished to use systems modelling to discuss acute patient...
Using system dynamics to model the impact of policing activity on performance
Using system dynamics to model the impact of policing activity on performance
2008,
This practical case study describes how West Yorkshire Police have employed system...
Evaluating systems thinking in housing
Evaluating systems thinking in housing
2008,
This paper describes and evaluates work carried out in the social housing context in...
Additive data envelopment analysis (DEA) based on multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) with imprecise information
Additive data envelopment analysis (DEA) based on multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) with imprecise information
2008,
This work exploits links between Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and multicriteria...
An exploratory study on meta skills in software development teams: antecedent cooperation skills and personality for shared mental models
An exploratory study on meta skills in software development teams: antecedent cooperation skills and personality for shared mental models
2008,
Shared mental models (SMMs) provide an approach to improving team learning and...
Modelling as a way of organising knowledge
Modelling as a way of organising knowledge
2007,
The paper is motivated by the need to address anew the old topic of operational...
Mental representations of important real-life decisions
Mental representations of important real-life decisions
2007,
Two studies investigated how decision makers characterize alternatives in important...
Understanding the complexity of the model formulation process: a protocol analysis approach
Understanding the complexity of the model formulation process: a protocol analysis approach
1997,
Formulation of a model involves organization of certain elements of reality into an...
Operational research practice as storytelling
Operational research practice as storytelling
2007,
This paper considers the role of storytelling in operational research (OR) practice....
General strategy concepts and the ecology of strategy discourses: a systemic–discursive perspective
General strategy concepts and the ecology of strategy discourses: a systemic–discursive perspective
2007,
Drawing on Wittgenstein, Lyotard and Luhmann the article develops a...
A taxing problem: The complementary use of hard and soft OR in the public sector
A taxing problem: The complementary use of hard and soft OR in the public sector
2006,
A review of the UK personal taxation system used a combination of hard and soft OR...
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