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Scientific Communication Observed with Social Systems Theory. An Introduction and Outlook to Pure Science for Society Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Steffen Roth, Krešimir Žažar, Tilia Stingl de Vasconcelos Guedes, Lars Clausen
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Closing the Theory-Practice Gap: Socio-Economic Approach and Action Research in Management Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2024-01-15 Omaya Kuran
This conceptual paper explores the persistent gap between research, practice, and theory in management, hindering the practical applicability and relevance of academic research. It investigates the Socio-Economic Approach to Management (SEAM) as a participatory and collaborative model aimed at effectively bridging this gap. The paper examines the evolution of management theories and the emergence of
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Digitization and the Shaping of Society – A Soft Systems Study Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Frank Stowell
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Critical Systems Heuristics: a Systematic Review Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2023-11-29 Matthew Hutcheson, Alec Morton, Shona Blair
Critical systems heuristics (CSH) has been influential in the development of critical systems thinking. However, it is a relatively underutilised method compared with soft systems approaches such as soft systems methodology (SSM) and cognitive mapping. This may be in part due to the complexity of ideas underpinning CSH. Core ideas with which users must feel confident include boundary critique, coercion
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Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Navigating Through the Covid Pandemic in India: an Examination Through the Systems Approach Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2023-10-09 Debadutta Panda, Rohit Bhardwaj, Tulika Sharma, Sriharsha Reddy
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Exploring Perspectives on Agroecological Transition in Scotland with Critical Systems Heuristics Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2023-10-04 Matthew Hutcheson, Alec Morton, Shona Blair
Critical systems heuristics (CSH) is a framework that facilitates reflective practice in exploring and solving complex management problems. Several applications have demonstrated the utility of CSH for addressing problems concerning the environment and sustainability. As such, we apply CSH to explore perspectives on agroecological transition in Scotland. In interviews with 10 farmers, agricultural
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Systemic Business Intervention to Treat Complex Problems in Companies Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2023-09-16 Fabrício Rogério Parrilla, Mischel Carmen Neyra Belderrain
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“The Learning of Learned ‘Learning Organizations’?”: How Southern African Universities Use a Professional Competency Framework for Research Management and Administration: Selective Cases Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2023-09-07 Charmaine Williamson, Karin Dyason, Caryn McNamara, Garry Aslanyan
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ORP Gym: Online Oral Repetition Practice Support System for Large-scale Japanese-Speaking Courses Abroad Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2023-08-19 Yuka Kataoka, Achmad Husni Thamrin, Rodney Van Meter
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Communicating Scientific Knowledge as News on Social Media: Analyses in Frames of Luhmann’s System Theory Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2023-07-26 Anahit Hakobyan, Armenia Yerevan
Digital technology has posed a challenge to the conventional way in which scientific knowledge was disseminated and validated within the scientific system. Scientific knowledge has interfered into the mass media system through online platforms and social media networks. This tendency tremendously expanded after the Covid-19 pandemic, which challenged scientific community around the world to search
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University Research Centres, Scientific Freedom, and the Jester’s Paradox Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2023-06-16 Egon Bjørnshave Noe, Hugo F. Alrøe
The key norm of good science is research integrity, which includes the freedom to inquire as an independent, self-organising system, and the responsibility to identify, frame, and engage in the problems of society, in a scientific manner. This paper investigates the challenges to scientific integrity experienced by university research centres. Research centres are organised around specific problematic
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True Learning Organization – Organization of People Dedicated to Spirituality Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2023-06-09 Nataša Rupčić
The paper analyzes Senge’s (1990) philosophy of learning organization from the aspect of learning disciplines with the aim of establishing that it is impossible to apply the original concept without considering and applying the missing link – spirituality or spiritual practice. Based on the literature review, the complementarity of spiritual practice with the learning organization disciplines is demonstrated
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Beyond Just Talking Strategy: Using Gaming Simulations to Catalyze Airline Managers’ Buy-in to Novel Strategies that Can Shape or Adapt to Profit Cyclicality Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Paul A. Langley
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Mutual Adoption of Soft Systems Methodology, Co-Creation, Enterprise Architecture, and Balanced Scorecard for Continuous Assessment and Improvement of Programmes on Integrated Care for Multimorbid Patients Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2023-05-16 Agnes Nakakawa, Esteban de Manuel Keenoy, Ane Fullaondo Zabala, Dolores Verdoy Berastegui, Jon Txarramendieta Suarez
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Advice as a Form of Structural Coupling: Intersystem Organizations and Scientific Communication in the Japanese Response to COVID-19 Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2023-05-13 Kosuke Sakai
A critical issue in the study of scientific communication from a systems theoretical perspective is its role in multiple intersystem relationships. During COVID-19, politics has adopted scientific findings to inform political decisions. However, science has in response actively coordinated its operations for providing desired stimuli to politics. Luhmann identified advice as a form of structural coupling
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A Systems Thinking Approach for Community Health and Wellbeing Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2023-05-13 Michelle J. Morgan, Elaine Stratford, Siobhan Harpur, Samantha Rowbotham
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Diagnosing a Halal Certification System for Cosmetics: The Viable System Model Approach Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2023-05-11 Khairul Akmaliah Adham, Nur Sa’adah Muhamad, Adlin Masood, Alina Abdul Rahim
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Empirical Action Research on Improving Student’s Classroom Participation: The Case of Dilla University Computer Engineering Students Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2023-05-03 Derara Duba Rufo
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Engaging the End User in Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment Management: An Action Research Study Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2023-05-01 Mariana Bernardes, Flavia Tuane Ferreira Moraes, Kevin Hideaki Tanaka, Renato da Silva Lima
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Codes of Conduct for Collaboration as Social Rule Systems for Transdisciplinary Processes Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Roland W. Scholz, Ortwin Renn
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A Systemic Perspective on Organizations: International Experience with the Systemic Constellation Method Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2023-04-10 Salome Scholtens, Hedwig Boer, Lisa Kiltz, Joke Fleer
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Strategic Objectives for Aligning Healthcare and IT Practices in Providing Integrated Care for Multimorbid Patients: A Soft Systems Methodology Perspective Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2023-04-11 Agnes Nakakawa, Esteban de Manuel Keenoy, Ane Fullaondo Zabala, Dolores Verdoy Berastegui, Jon Txarramendieta Suarez
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Deploying Sustainability Through Employee Participation. An Action Research Proposal Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2023-04-03 Jesús García-Arca, A. Trinidad González-Portela Garrido, J. Carlos Prado-Prado
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System Action Learning: Reorientating Practice for System Change in Preventive Health Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2023-03-30 Therese Riley, Liza Hopkins, Maria Gomez, Seanna Davidson, Jessica Jacob
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Truth Tables, True Distinctions. Paradoxes of the Source Code of Science Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2023-03-24 Steffen Roth
On the occasion of a growing popularity of paradox theory in management and organisation research, this article provides an introduction to the paradox of true distinctions, reports on its relevance to theory building, and presents a strategy to contain the paradox without resolving it. To this end, I draw on works by George Spencer Brown and Niklas Luhmann to contextualize theory within the paradox
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Environmental Education Performance Evaluation in a Higher Education Institution Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Andressa Schlickmann, Sandro César Bortoluzzi
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Towards a Checklist for Improving Action Research Quality in Healthcare Contexts Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2023-02-21 Mary Casey, David Coghlan, Áine Carroll, Diarmuid Stokes
Published accounts of action research studies in healthcare frequently underreport the quality of the action research. These studies often lack the specificity and details needed to demonstrate the rationale for the selection of an action research approach and how the authors perceive the respective study to have met action research quality criteria. This lack contributes to a perception among academics
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Temporality in Co-generative Processes: Reframing Time in Territorial Complexity Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2023-02-10 James Karlsen, Clare Hildebrandt
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Adopting an Ecosystem Approach to Digitalization-driven Organizational Change ? Actionable Knowledge from a Collaborative Project Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2023-01-24 Emanuela Shaba, Marco Guerci, Filomena Canterino, Silvia Gilardi, Raffaella Cagliano, Emilio Bartezzaghi
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An Interpretation of the Technological Evolution of Human Society—A Self-organization System Perspective Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2023-01-19 Eric M. Chang, Chi-Kuo Mao
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Holistic Flexibility for Deploying Systems Thinking as a Cognitive Skill Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2023-01-10 Rajneesh Chowdhury
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Creating New Knowledge while Solving a Relevant Practical Problem: Success Factors for an Action Research-Based PhD Thesis in Business and Management Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2023-01-06 José A. Alfaro-Tanco, Miguel Mediavilla, Amaya Erro-Garcés
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Challenges of Implementing S&OP in a Mid-sized Automotive Components Company: An Action Research Approach Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2022-12-20 João Rampon Neto, Paulo Fernando Pinto Barcellos
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Together We Can Grow: Resourcing the Commons Through Pathways to Wellbeing Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2022-11-28 Rudolf Wirawan, Janet J. McIntyre-Mills, Mphatheleni Makaulule, Patricia Vhahangwele Lethole, Enid Pitsoane, Akwasi Arko-Achemfuor, Norma R. A. Romm
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Football Industry Accounting as a Social and Organizational Practice: from the Implementation of the CSR Process to Integrated Reporting Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2022-11-26 Mohamed Toukabri, Maher Toukabri
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Social Network Analysis as a Cybernetic Modelling Facility for Participatory Design in Technology-Supported College Curricula Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2022-11-25 Shantanu Tilak, Marvin Evans, Ziye Wen, Michael Glassman
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Organising for Resilience to Climate Change in Critical Infrastructures: The Application of Viable System Model in an Oil Refinery Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2022-11-24 Emmanuel D. Adamides, Theodoros Katopodis, Antonios Mountouris, Athanasios Sfetsos
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Complex Problems and Dealing with them on a Research Methods Course in a Business School Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2022-11-17 Stephen Harwood
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Combining social innovation and systems thinking to improve charity's performance in downtown of Tehran Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2022-11-12 Ali Asghar Sadabadi, Neda Aramipour
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‘Virtual’ Action Research: Two examples Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2022-11-09 Frank Stowell, Pavla Kramarova
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Digitalization of the Logistics Process in Short Food Supply Chains. An online Viable System Model application during the COVID-19 pandemic Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2022-11-02 Eliseo Vilalta-Perdomo, David E. Salinas-Navarro, Rosario Michel-Villarreal, Rocío García Bustamante
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Teacher Candidates’ Experiences in Using Story-writing Technique to Learn Educational Philosophies: a Turkey Sample Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2022-11-02 Ozlem Uzumcu, Sakine Hakkoymaz
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A comprehensive and systematic study on the cybernetics management systems Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2022-10-27 Bo Yang, Joane V. Serrano, Markus A. Launer, Lulu Wang, Kamran Rabiei
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Problem Structuring Methods in Social-Ecological Systems Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2022-10-13 Alexandre de A. Gomes Júnior, Vanessa B. Schramm, Fernando Schramm
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Conducting Action Research to Improve Operational Efficiency in Manufacturing: The Case of a First-Tier Automotive Supplier Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2022-10-05 J. Vicente Tébar-Rubio, F. Javier Ramírez, M. José Ruiz-Ortega
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Demonstrating the Elaborated Action Design Research (eADR) Model to Address Communication Challenges During Software Development Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2022-09-30 Anthea Venter, Marne de Vries
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The Role of Hierarchy in Realizing Collective Leadership in a Self-Managing Organization Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2022-09-29 Christopher Kummelstedt
Abstract This article is about leadership in a self-managing organization. Empirically, it is grounded in a participatory action research study stretching over two years, oriented around the following question: how does instances of hierarchical leadership and collective leadership interact across different dimensions of power in a self-managing organization? The article concludes that although this
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Institutional Reconstruction of Promoting and Maintaining the Level of Compliance with Health Protocols in Indonesia during the Pandemic Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2022-09-08 Ricardi S. Adnan, Sonny Harry B. Harmadi, Sudarsono Hardjosoekarto, Nur Muhammaditya
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Review of Finding the Wind: A Novel for Young People of Any Age (2022) Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2022-09-08 Norma Romm, Janet McIntyre-Mills
This review is written in the form of a dialogue between the author (Janet Mills) and the reviewer (Norma Romm). This fits well with the way we usually work together as it helps to unfold ideas and to consider whether they can be improved. A conversation as we see it implies that the speaker does not wish to speak in an authoritative voice but invites and encourages further engagement with ideas as
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Indigenous Sundanese Leadership: Eco-Systemic Lessons on Zero Emissions Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2022-08-24 Ida Widianingsih, Janet Judy McIntyre, Ugi Sugriana Rakasiwi, Gustaff Harriman Iskandar, Rudolf Wirawan
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Ecocentric Living: A Way Forward Towards Zero Carbon: A Conversation about Indigenous Law and Leadership Based on Custodianship and Praxis Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2022-08-23 Janet J. McIntyre-Mills, Mphatheleni Makaulule, Patricia Lethole, E. Pitsoane, Akwasi Arko-Achemfuor, Rudolf Wirawan, Ida Widianingsih
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A Hybrid Use of Soft Systems Methodology for Developing a Framework of Evidence-Based Teaching for Hospitality and Tourism Instructors in Vietnam Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2022-08-20 Thanh-Thao Luong, Van-Nam Huynh, Eunyoung Kim
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The Art of Teaching Professional Practice: An Action Research Methodology Inspired by Ulrich’s Systems Concepts Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2022-08-20 Suné Linde, Goede Roelien
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Wave Pattern of Multi-Agent Social Actions Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2022-07-05 Ilan Riss
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Retrospective analysis of a triple helix environmental technology partnership: transformational learning through action research Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2022-07-02 Thomas R. Flanagan
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Participatory Action Research, Social Networks, and Gender Influence Soil Fertility Management in Tanzania Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2022-04-29 Powell Mponela, Julius Manda, Michael Kinyua, Job Kihara
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Correction to: Intrinsic Conflict Among Nigerian Public Security Forces: A Systems Model for Compliant Security Service Delivery in Nigeria Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2022-04-25 D. E. Ufua, O. Y. Olonade, Muhammad Yaseen, J. A. Dada, Olusola J. Olujobi, Evans Osabuohien
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The ‘Covid-Trigger’: New Light on Urban Agriculture and Systemic Approach to Urbanism to Co-Create a Sustainable Lisbon Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2022-04-20 Sandrine Simon
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Methodological Flexibility in Systems Thinking: Musings from the Standpoint of a Systems Consultant Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2022-04-18 Rajneesh Chowdhury
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Investigating the Competing Values of Digitalizing Organizational Learning: An Action Research Ethnography Syst. Pract. Act. Res. (IF 1.267) Pub Date : 2022-04-11 Anne Stouby Persson