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Rational Analysis for a Problematic World Revisited: Problem Structuring Methods for Complexity, Uncertainty and Conflict, 2nd EditionISBN: 978-0-471-49523-9
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384 pages
November 2001, ©2002
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Contributors.
Preface.
Acknowledgements.
A New Paradigm of Analysis (Jonathan Rosenhead and John Mingers).
SODA -- The Principles (Colin Eden and Fran Ackermann).
SODA -- Journey Making and Mapping in Practice (Fran Ackermann and Colin Eden).
Soft Systems Methodology (Peter Checkland).
Soft Systems Methodology in Action: Participative Creation of an Information Strategy for an Acute Hospital (Peter Checkland).
The Strategic Choice Approach (John Friend)
Gambling with Frozen Fire? (Allen Hickling).
Robustness Analysis: Keeping Your Options Open (Jonathan Rosenhead).
Robustness to the First Degree (Jonathan Rosenhead).
Drama Theory and Confrontation Analysis (Peter Bennett, Jim Bryant and Nigel Howard).
The M&A Play: Using Drama Theory for Mergers and Acquisitions (Nigel Howard).
An Overview of Related Methods: VSM, System Dynamics and Decision Analysis (John Mingers and Jonathan Rosenhead).
Multimethodology -- Mixing and Matching Methods (John Mingers).
Mixing Methods in Practice (Richard Ormerod).
Diverse Unity: Looking Inward and Outward (John Mingers and Jonthan Rosenhead).
Index.
Preface.
Acknowledgements.
A New Paradigm of Analysis (Jonathan Rosenhead and John Mingers).
SODA -- The Principles (Colin Eden and Fran Ackermann).
SODA -- Journey Making and Mapping in Practice (Fran Ackermann and Colin Eden).
Soft Systems Methodology (Peter Checkland).
Soft Systems Methodology in Action: Participative Creation of an Information Strategy for an Acute Hospital (Peter Checkland).
The Strategic Choice Approach (John Friend)
Gambling with Frozen Fire? (Allen Hickling).
Robustness Analysis: Keeping Your Options Open (Jonathan Rosenhead).
Robustness to the First Degree (Jonathan Rosenhead).
Drama Theory and Confrontation Analysis (Peter Bennett, Jim Bryant and Nigel Howard).
The M&A Play: Using Drama Theory for Mergers and Acquisitions (Nigel Howard).
An Overview of Related Methods: VSM, System Dynamics and Decision Analysis (John Mingers and Jonathan Rosenhead).
Multimethodology -- Mixing and Matching Methods (John Mingers).
Mixing Methods in Practice (Richard Ormerod).
Diverse Unity: Looking Inward and Outward (John Mingers and Jonthan Rosenhead).
Index.