Soft Systems Methodology: a thirty year retrospective

Soft Systems Methodology: a thirty year retrospective (1999)

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by Peter Checkland

Venue:	Systems Research and Behavioral Science
Citations:	16 - 0 self

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@INPROCEEDINGS{Checkland99softsystems,
    author = {Peter Checkland},
    title = {Soft Systems Methodology: a thirty year retrospective},
    booktitle = {Systems Research and Behavioral Science},
    year = {1999},
    pages = {11--58},
    publisher = {John Wiley Chichester}
}

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Abstract

Although the history of thought reveals a number

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544	Systems thinking, systems practice - Checkland - 1981
286	Soft systems methodology in action - Checkland, Scholes - 2001
50	1895/1982): The Rules of Sociological Method - DURKHEIM
34	The magical number seven, plus or minus two: some limits on our capacity for processing information - GA - 1956
21	Information, systems and information systems - Checkland, Holwell - 1998
21	Systems: Concepts, Methodologies and Applications - Wilson - 1990
12	Action research: its nature and validity', Systemic Practice - Checkland, Holwell - 1998
10	Soft systems methodology and its relevance to the development of information systems - Checkland - 1995
7	Objectivity in social sciences and social policy - Weber - 1977
6	Information for Health: An information Strategy for The Modern NHS 1998-2005: A national Strategy for Local Implementation, NHS Executive - Burns - 1998
6	The National Health Service: A Political History - Webster - 2002
5	Towards a systems-based methodology for real-world problem solving - Checkland - 1972
4	Techniques in soft systems practice part 3: Monitoring and control in conceptual models and evaluation studies - Checkland, Forbes, et al. - 1990
3	From Cradle to Grave. Fifty - Rivett - 1998
2	Management Information Systems: A Systems View - Checkland, Griffin - 1970
1	Metaphor and systemic praxis - CJ - 1984
1	Problem Management - Bryant - 1989
1	OR and the systems movement: mappings and conflicts - Checkland - 1983
1	The case for ‘holon’. Systems Practice 1(3 - Checkland - 1988
1	Rhetoric and reality in contracting: research - Checkland - 1997
1	Vickers’ concept of an appreciative system - Checkland, Casar - 1986
1	The development and testing of a model relevant to the decision making process concerning the provision of health care in Morecambe - Duxbury - 1994
1	Monitoring and control in systems models - Forbes, Checkland - 1987
1	Health Policy in Britain (3rd edn - Ham - 1992
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1	The New NHS, Cm 3807 - HMSO - 1997
1	Soft systems methodology and its role in information systems - SE - 1997
1	The Psychology of Communication - GA - 1968
1	Living Systems - JG - 1978
1	The Checkland Methodology: a Reader’s Guide (2nd edn - Naughton - 1977
1	Systems Analysis for Business and - SL - 1965
1	The New Science of Management Decision. Harper and Row - HA - 1960
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1	Change, organizational power and the metaphor ‘commodity - FA - 1989
1	Agonistic thinking in problemsolving: the case of soft systems methodology - CN - 1995
1	Systems Methods for Managers - Waring - 1989
1	Applications of the Lancaster soft systems methodology in Australia - Watson, Smith - 1988
1	The Concorde Fiasco - Wilson - 1973