Churchman's Theory of Design Integrity

E. Burton Swanson
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E. Burton Swanson: Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90024-1481

Interfaces, 1994, vol. 24, issue 4, 54-59

Abstract: I revisit West Churchman's masterwork The Design of Inquiring Systems and interpret it as presenting a theory of a system's design integrity, which is in essence a theory of a design's wholeness, soundness, and virtue. This theory is especially powerful in its professional application, where the role of critical observer—or responsible social witness—also deserves special attention.

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Date: 1994
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