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Explore, Experiment, Experience: A Synthesis of Vickers’ Appreciative Learning System and Ackoff’s Problem Approach Applied in Practice

In: Problem Structuring Approaches for the Management of Projects

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  • Christine Welch

    (University of Portsmouth)

  • Paul Summers

    (The University of Winchester)

Abstract

This chapter will explore the application of a problem-structuring approach which synthesizes Vickers’ concept of ‘appreciation’, Bateson’s learning spirals and Ackoff’s approach to dealing with problems. This problem-structuring approach involves three elements: explore, experiment, experience. The chapter describes, as an example, a case study taken from a UK unitary authority (anonymized for convenience) in which attempts were made to improve project performance using this approach. The organization commissioned projects across multiple disciplines, for example, transport schemes, constructions, change programs, business improvements using IT and bridge replacements but was rated as poor at project management by successive internal and external reviews. Some conclusions are offered about the application of problem-structuring in order to learn lessons and promote good practice for the future.

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  • Christine Welch & Paul Summers, 2019. "Explore, Experiment, Experience: A Synthesis of Vickers’ Appreciative Learning System and Ackoff’s Problem Approach Applied in Practice," Springer Books, in: Gary Bell & Rosane Pagano & Jon Warwick & Carlos Sato (ed.), Problem Structuring Approaches for the Management of Projects, chapter 2, pages 35-62, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-319-93263-7_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-93263-7_2
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