Article ID: | iaor1994395 |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Volume: | 21 |
Issue: | 1 |
Start Page Number: | 7 |
End Page Number: | 16 |
Publication Date: | Jan 1993 |
Journal: | OMEGA |
Authors: | Flood R.L. |
Keywords: | systems, cybernetics |
Many practically minded researchers wo have developed systems approaches to ‘problem solving’ claim that their models and methods are capable of securing freedom for people. Since each approach is different there is a tendency to want to establish which one is right and which ones are wrong. It will be discovered that they are all partially right and partially wrong at the same time. All are needed but the role each can play must be established. This paper works that out. It also unifies systems approaches to ‘problem solving’, in this case using human freedom as the common thread.