Application of SSM in tackling problematical situations from academicians' viewpoints

P Hanafizadeh, M Mehrabioun - Systemic Practice and Action Research, 2018 - Springer
In recent years, a wide variety of studies have applied soft systems methodology (SSM) to
address the complexities of the messy situations. This paper seeks to identify 1) application …

[KNIHA][B] Systems practice: How to act: In situations of uncertainty and complexity in a climate-change world

R Ison - 2017 - books.google.com
This book shows how to do systems thinking and translate that thinking into praxis (theory
informed practical action). It will be welcomed by those managing or governing in situations …

The worlds we create: designing learning systems for the underworld of extension practice

R Ison, D Russell - 2011 - oro.open.ac.uk
Sha** Change presents the current state of play of Extension, and its role in Natural
Resource Management and commercial agricultural industry for the Australasia-Pacific …

[PDF][PDF] Transforming nature-society relations through innovations in research praxis: a coevolutionary systems approach

RL Ison - 2016 - oro.open.ac.uk
At this historical moment when the evidence of widespread systemic failure is pervasive,
ranging from financial to ecosystem collapse, there is good reason to reflect on our …

Understandings and practices for a complex, coevolutionary systems approach

R Ison - 2008 - oro.open.ac.uk
Based on an understanding that a co-evolutionary systems approach relies on the
conservation of the structural coupling of human beings with the biophysical world, with …

Learning participation as systems practice

R Ison, C Blackmore, R Armson - Journal of Agricultural Education …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Learning participation only makes sense if it is purposeful. From our perspective its primary
purpose is to achieve more effective managing in situations of complexity and change. We …

Searching for an ideal: a cross‐disciplinary study of university faculty performance evaluation

WF Szeto, PC Wright - Equal Opportunities International, 2003 - emerald.com
EOI228-2003-AAAA.vp:CorelVentura 7.0 Page 1 Searching for an Ideal: A Cross-Disciplinary
Study of University Faculty Performance Evaluation by WF Szeto and PC Wright Introduction …

Toward Cyber-Systemic Thinking in Practice

R Ison - World Futures, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This article is an invitation to be reflexive; reflexivity is a second-order process or reflection
on reflection. The possibility that a reader might experience a reflexive moment is sought by …

Systems practice and the design of learning systems: Orchestrating an ecological conversation

RL Ison - 2002 - oro.open.ac.uk
Human beings live in language and only they can take responsibility for how they think and
act. So what understandings of response are possible? The relationship between …

Inter-organisational communication for patients being case managed by community matrons

P Thomas, G Stoddart, J Nota, L Teh… - London Journal of …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Background Poor communication between community matrons (CMs), in-hours and out-of-
hours (OoH) general practitioners (GPs) causes uncertainty and inefficiencies. Setting A …