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Rational Analysis for a Problematic World Revisited: Problem Structuring Methods for Complexity, Uncertainty and Conflict, 2nd Edition
Rational Analysis for a Problematic World Revisited: Problem Structuring Methods for Complexity, Uncertainty and Conflict, 2nd Edition
Edited by Jonathan Rosenhead, LSE, London, UK
Edited by John Mingers, Warwick Business School, UK
ISBN: 978-0-471-49523-9
©2002
384 pages
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Detailed Contents
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.  

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