Systems Practice: How to Act: In situations of uncertainty and complexity in a climate-change world
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| Rating | : | 4.22 (748 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1447173503 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 354 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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Part III identifies the main factors that constrain the uptake of systems practice and makes the case for innovation in practice by means of systemic inquiry, systemic action research and systemic intervention. This will be needed in future at personal, group, community, regional, national and international levels, all at the same time.Systems Practice: How to Act is structured into four parts. This book shows how to do systems thinking and translate that thinking into praxis (theory informed practical action). Humans are now a force of nature, affecting whole-earth dynamics including the earth's climate - we live in an Anthropocene or Capitalocene and are confronted by the emergence of a ‘post-truth’, ‘big data’ world. What we have developed, organisationally and institutionally, seems very fragile. The book concludes with Part IV, which critically examines how systems practice is, or might be, utilised at different levels from the personal to the societal.. Part I introduces the societal need to invest in systems thinking in practice, in contexts of uncertainty and complexity epitomised by the challenges of responding to human-induced climate change. An imperative exists to recover whatever systemic sensibilities we still retain, to foster systems literacy and to invest in systems thinking in practice capability. Part II unpacks what is involved in system
President of ISSS 2014-15). Ray Ison, Professor of Systems at The Open University (OU) in the UK since 1994, is a member of the Applied Systems Thinking in Practice (ASTiP) Group in the STEM Faculty. He has an established international reputation as a researcher, teacher, author and consultant, has led major change management projects, and held (or holds) significant international leadership positions in the cybersyste
Part II unpacks what is involved in systems practice by means of a juggler isophor; examining situations where systems thinking offers useful understanding and opportunities for change. From the Back CoverThis book shows how to do systems thinking and translate that thinking into praxis (theory informed practical action). Part I introduces the societal need to invest in systems thinking in practice, in contexts of uncertainty and complexity epitomised by the challenges of responding to human-induced climate change. Humans are now a force of nature, affecting whole-earth dynamics including the earth's climate - we live in an Anthropocene or Capitalocene and are confronted by the emergence of a ‘post-truth’, ‘big data’ world. What we have developed, organisationally and insti