Learning for Action

A Short Definitive Account of Soft Systems Methodology and its use for Practioners, Teachers and Students

Peter Checkland, John Poulter

200 pages, parution le 28/07/2006

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Résumé

From the father of Soft Systems Methodology (SSM), Peter Checkland, comes a new, accessible text which clearly and concisely looks at SSM. The book leaves out all of the development detail and historical/intellectual material which can be found in Checkland's other classic works, but contains the practical essentials that will allow teachers to teach SSM accurately and students to learn it with real understanding.

Features:

Short and definitive account of SSM containing the practical essentials.
Written with great clarity and presented in a reader-friendly way.
Contains examples of SSM in action.
Includes cases.

L'auteur - Peter Checkland

Peter Checkland is the recipient of the 'Most Distinguished and Outstanding Contributor' Award of the British Computer Society Methodologies Group, 1994 Recipient of the Gold Medal of the UK Systems Society for 'Outstanding Contribution to Systems Thinking' and 1997 Recipient of a Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship. Now retired from full time university work, Peter Checkland continues his research and writing.

L'auteur - John Poulter

John Poulter is a practitioner of SSM. He first used SSM formally when working with Peter Checkland in the UK's National Health Service in 1993. A founder member of the Soft Systems Research Group, he has presented papers and other publications on the use of SSM.

Sommaire

Preamble: A Ten-Minute Account Of Soft Systems Methodology For Very Busy People
Preface
Introduction
The Nature Of SSM
SSM In Action
Summing Up
Appendix One: SSM's Theory
Appendix Two: The Story of SSM's Development
Appendix Three: A Talked-through Example of Activity Model Building
Appendix Four: A Generic Model of Purposeful Activity Modelling
Appendix Five: Some Frequently Asked Questions

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Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Wiley
Auteur(s)	Peter Checkland, John Poulter
Parution	28/07/2006
Nb. de pages	200
Format	15 x 23
Couverture	Broché
Poids	329g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780470025543
ISBN13	978-0-470-02554-3