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Can We Secure Future-Responsive Management Through Systems Thinking and Design?

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  • Werner Ulrich

    (Office of Evaluation Research, Department of Public Health and Social Welfare of the Canton of Berne, Rathausgasse 1, CH-30111 Berne, Switzerland, and Department of Philosophy, Lehrstuhl für Sozialarbeit, University of Fribourg, Route des Bonnesfontaines 11, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland)

Abstract

Future-responsive management may depend on C. West Churchman's understanding of systems design and management. Future-responsive management raises fundamental cognitive and methodological difficulties. No conceivable systems approach can make these difficulties disappear, but we can at least try to understand them and to face them self-critically. To this end, the systems idea has more to contribute than is generally recognized.

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  • Werner Ulrich, 1994. "Can We Secure Future-Responsive Management Through Systems Thinking and Design?," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 24(4), pages 26-37, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:orinte:v:24:y:1994:i:4:p:26-37
    DOI: 10.1287/inte.24.4.26
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    1. W Ulrich, 2004. "Obituary: C West Churchman, 1913–2004," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 55(11), pages 1123-1129, November.
    2. I Georgiou, 2003. "The idea of emergent property," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 54(3), pages 239-247, March.
    3. Gerald Midgley & Erik Lindhult, 2021. "A systems perspective on systemic innovation," Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 38(5), pages 635-670, October.
    4. Rajneesh Chowdhury, 2023. "Methodological Flexibility in Systems Thinking: Musings from the Standpoint of a Systems Consultant," Systemic Practice and Action Research, Springer, vol. 36(1), pages 59-86, February.
    5. Ormerod, Richard J. & Ulrich, Werner, 2013. "Operational research and ethics: A literature review," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 228(2), pages 291-307.
    6. Adinolfi, Paola, 2021. "A journey around decision-making: Searching for the “big picture” across disciplines," European Management Journal, Elsevier, vol. 39(1), pages 9-21.
    7. Mingers, John, 2011. "Ethics and OR: Operationalising discourse ethics," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 210(1), pages 114-124, April.
    8. David Matthews, 2008. "Metadecision making: rehabilitating interdisciplinarity in the decision sciences," Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 25(2), pages 157-179, March.
    9. Rajneesh Chowdhury, 2023. "Holistic Flexibility for Deploying Systems Thinking as a Cognitive Skill," Systemic Practice and Action Research, Springer, vol. 36(5), pages 803-825, October.

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