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Critical systems practice 4: Check—Evaluating and reflecting on a multimethodological intervention

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This is the fourth of a series of papers on the stages of critical systems practice. Critical systems practice is a multimethodology that seeks to employ the ideas of critical systems thinking to intervene in and improve complex real‐world ‘messes’. It has four stages—Explore (the problem situation), Produce (an intervention strategy), Intervene (flexibly), and Check (on progress)—called to mind as EPIC. The aim is to set out where thinking has reached on the best way to carry out each of these stages and to invite comment on what more needs doing. This paper discusses the fourth stage, Check. During Check, decision makers, and other stakeholders, evaluate the intervention, reflect on what has happened with a view to improving future interventions, and discuss next steps.

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  • Michael C. Jackson, 2023. "Critical systems practice 4: Check—Evaluating and reflecting on a multimethodological intervention," Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 40(4), pages 617-632, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:srbeha:v:40:y:2023:i:4:p:617-632
    DOI: 10.1002/sres.2912
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