Systemic Practice and Action Research

2009 - 2025

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Volume 34, issue 6, 2021

Crisis! What Crisis? pp. 603-606

Robert L. Flood

Systemic Research on Owner Participation in Old Residential Community Management from the Perspective of Identity——a Case Study of a Typical Old Residential Community in Xi’an, China pp. 607-634

Bin Guo, Runyu Zhou and Yang Li

Introducing the VIPLAN Methodology (with VSM) for Handling Messy Situations – Nine Lessons pp. 635-668

Stephen Harwood

Participatory Analysis of Small-Scale Artisanal Gold Mining in the Santa Rita District, Municipality of Andes, Antioquia, Based on the PAIIO Methodology pp. 669-681

María Paula Flórez Jiménez, Ángela María Plata, Andrés Acero, Luz Stella Gaona, Álex Smith Araque and Didier Sierra

Employing Local Systemic Intervention for Evolving a Transformational Organization Strategy-Action Research in an Indian Business School pp. 683-712

Vikas Rai Bhatnagar

Exploring Opportunities with Experimental Use of Communicative Spaces to Overcome Defensive Routines and Increase Information Systems Utilization pp. 713-750

John Christiansen and Morten Wellendorf

Volume 34, issue 5, 2021

Breaking the Cycle of Trafficking in Vietnam: a Critical Systemic Policy Review pp. 475-493

Thi H. Nguyen and J. McIntyre-Mills

An Analysis of Newspaper Depictions of Schooling: a Participatory Study for the Development of a Teacher Education Curriculum pp. 495-514

Pinkie Mabunda and Veronica McKay

Power in the ‘Organisation’: A Soft Systems Perspective pp. 515-535

Frank Stowell

Past Has Gone but Present Is Yours: Debunking Post-Mortem Process by Safeguarding Lessons Learned during Disaster pp. 537-553

Hanizah Hj. Mohideen, Magiswary Dorasamy and Murali Raman

A Systems Thinking Methodology for Studying Prevention Efforts in Communities pp. 555-573

Therese Riley, Liza Hopkins, Maria Gomez, Seanna Davidson, Daniel Chamberlain, Jessica Jacob and Sonia Wutzke

Assessing Community Contributions to Sustainable Food Systems: Dietitians Leverage Practice, Process and Paradigms pp. 575-601

Liesel Carlsson, Edith Callaghan and Göran Broman

Volume 34, issue 4, 2021

A Systemic Inquiry into a Hospital’s Reformation Actions pp. 359-376

Nasrin Sayfouri, Soheila Kouchekyazdi, Masoud Etemadian and Rouhangiz Asadi

Developing a Technology Roadmap for Regenerative Medicine: A Participatory Action Research pp. 377-397

Samaneh Mohebalizadeh and Soroush Ghazinoori

Systemic approach for integration of sustainability in evaluation of public policies for adoption of electric vehicles pp. 399-417

Esteban Lopez-Arboleda, Alfonso T. Sarmiento and Laura M. Cardenas

From Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason, to Action Research in Improving the Programming Skills of Students pp. 419-440

Suné Linde and Roelien Goede

Living Life as Inquiry – a Systemic Practice for Change Agents pp. 441-462

Margaret Rose Gearty and Judi Marshall

Abductive Reasoning as the Integrating Mechanism between First- Second- and Third-Person Practice in Action Research pp. 463-474

David Coghlan and Abraham B. (Rami) Shani

Volume 34, issue 3, 2021

The Big Picture of Non-Profit Organisational Sustainability: a Qualitative System Dynamics Approach pp. 229-249

Nikita Singh and Syanda Alpheous Mthuli

Systemic Creativities in Sustainability and Social Innovation Education pp. 251-267

José-Rodrigo Córdoba-Pachón, Francesca Mapelli, Farah Nabil Adel Al Taji and Diana M Donovan

Banking System Modeling by Viable System Modeling (VSM) pp. 269-290

Ali Akbar Arghand, Mahmood Alborzi and Ali Rajabzadeh Ghatari

Sustainable Development and Participatory Action Research: A Systematic Review pp. 291-306

Jennifer Keahey

Combining Participative Action Research with an Adapted House of Quality Framework for the Stakeholder Development of Performance Indicators in Local Government pp. 307-330

Rebekah Schulz, Andrew Sense and Matthew Pepper

A Methodological Proposal for the Complementarity of the SSM and the VSM for the Analysis of Viability in Organizations pp. 331-357

Ana Gabriela Ramírez-Gutiérrez, Pedro Pablo Cardoso-Castro and Ricardo Tejeida-Padilla

Volume 34, issue 2, 2021

A Community-Based Participatory Approach to Developing Game Technology to Provide Greater Accessibility for Children with Intellectual Disabilities pp. 127-139

Ya-Shu Kang, Li-Yu Chen, Shaou-Gang Miaou and Yao-Jen Chang

Characterisation of Adaptive Reuse Stakeholders and the Effectiveness of Collaborative Rationality Towards Building Resilient Urban Areas pp. 141-151

Itohan Esther Aigwi, Robyn Phipps, Jason Ingham and Olga Filippova

Action Research as an Inquiry-Based Teaching Practice Model for Teacher Education Programs pp. 153-168

Selda Aras

The Impact of Project Teams on CMMI Implementations: a Case Study from an Organizational Culture Perspective pp. 169-185

Wen-Lung Tsai

Teacher-Researcher Training in Higher Education: a Systems Thinking Approach pp. 187-201

Andrés Felipe Astaíza-Martínez, Julio Eduardo Mazorco-Salas and María Isabel Castillo-Bohórquez

Systemic Indicators for Rural Communities in Developing Countries: Empirical Evidence from Vietnam pp. 203-226

Phuong T. Nguyen, Sam Wells and Nam Nguyen

Correction to: Foucault’s Interpretive Analytics of Power pp. 227-227

Jorge Dávila

Volume 34, issue 1, 2021

Examining Conditions that Influence Evaluation use within a Humanitarian Non-Governmental Organization in Burkina Faso (West Africa) pp. 1-35

Léna D’Ostie-Racinea, Christian Dagenais and Valéry Ridde

Causal Loop Diagram Aggregation Towards Model Completeness pp. 37-51

Emily Ryan, Matthew Pepper and Albert Munoz

Developing an Entrepreneurship Model to Increase Students’ Entrepreneurial Skills: an Action Research Project in a Higher Education Institution in Indonesia pp. 53-70

Jhon U. Blesia, Mesak Iek, Westim Ratang and Halomoan Hutajulu

Apprehending and Embedding Customer Expectations in the Collaborative Development of Performance Indicators pp. 71-90

Rebekah Schulz, Andrew Sense and Matthew Pepper

An Action Research Study for Elaborating and Implementing an Electronic Waste Collection Program in Brazil pp. 91-108

Roberta Alves, Karen Lana Alves Ferreira, Renato da Silva Lima and Flavia Tuane Ferreira Moraes

Systemic Change in a Higher Education Institution: Inquiring into Organizational and Instructional Transformation pp. 109-125

Ömer Faruk İpek and A. Cendel Karaman

Volume 33, issue 6, 2020

Systemic Research Practices Towards the Development of an Eco-Community in Vietnam: some Joint Post-Facto Reflections pp. 599-624

Ha TN Hoang and Norma RA Romm

Too Smart to Participate? Rational Reasons for Employees’ Non-participation in Action Research pp. 625-638

Kristin Lebesby and Jos Benders

A Systemic Framework for Business Model Design and Development -Part B: Practical Perspective pp. 639-674

Payam Hanafizadeh and Mohammad Mehrabioun

Viability Theory and PSI Theory Interrelation Inspired by Bunge Systemic Classification: the Viable System Ontology Theory pp. 675-701

Nora Mouhib, Slimane Bah and Abdelaziz Berrado

An Organizational Cybernetics Framework for Designing a Viable Higher Education System pp. 703-724

Sahar Saeed Rezk and Shahinaz Gamal

Volume 33, issue 5, 2020

Exploring the Effectiveness of Boundary Critique in an Intervention: a Case in the Niger Delta Region, Nigeria pp. 485-499

Daniel Ebakoleaneh Ufua

Reflective Practices in Community Development: a Grounded Analysis pp. 501-525

Juan M. Moreno, Kaliat Ammu Sanyal, Firooz Firoozmand, Pauline Rutter and Marie K. Harder

Human Capital Management in Tourism SMEs from a Cyber-Systemic Approach pp. 527-559

Juan E. Núñez-Ríos, Jacqueline Y. Sánchez-García and Ricardo Tejeida-Padilla

Operational and Strategic Decisions in Hospitality. Lessons from an Action Research Process pp. 561-577

Amaya Erro-Garcés and Laura Ramírez-Ávila

A Conceptual Framework Based on Maturana’s Ontology of the Observer to Explore the Checkland’s Soft Systems Methodology pp. 579-597

Bruno Jerardino-Wiesenborn, Alberto Paucar-Caceres and Alejandro Ochoa-Arias

Volume 33, issue 4, 2020

Beyond Rules of Procedures: Utilising Participatory Action Research (PAR) to Enhance Reflective Practice and Normative Professionalism pp. 393-408

Alice Wabule

A Methodological Orientation for Social Learning Based Adaptation Planning: Lessons from Pilot Interventions in Rural Communities of Burkina Faso, Chile and Senegal pp. 409-434

Radhika Murti, Sarah-Lan Mathez-Stiefel and Stephan Rist

Large Online First Year Learning and Teaching: the Lived Experience of Developing a Student-Centred Continual Learning Practice pp. 435-451

Heather Stewart, Rod Gapp and Luke Houghton

Combining Soft Systems Methodology with Interpretive Structural Modeling and System Dynamics for Network Orchestration: Case Study of the Formal Science and Technology Collaborative Networks in Iran pp. 453-478

Ali Shahabi, Adel Azar, Reza Radfar and Reza Asadi Asadifard

Transforming Transformative Praxis with Norma Romm: a Review pp. 479-484

Susan Goff

Volume 33, issue 3, 2020

A Systems Perspective on School Improvement with a Focus on Teachers pp. 265-293

Lieschen Venter and Theresa Viljoen

Action Research to Enrich Learning from Conflict to Collaboration: Bridging the First-Year Students and the NGOs Agencies in Service Learning Program pp. 295-309

Ruo-Lan Liu and Hsin-Chang Tsai

Insights on Social Responsibility of NGOS pp. 311-339

Mihaela Păceşilă and Sofia Elena Colesca

Implementing Action Research in EFL/ESL Classrooms: a Systematic Review of Literature 2010–2019 pp. 341-362

Amira Desouky Ali

The Critical Heuristics of Iranian Banking Credit System: Analysis of the Antithetical Opinions of the Beneficiaries pp. 363-392

Mahmoud Dehghan Nayeri, Moein Khazaei and Fatemeh Alinasab-Imani

Volume 33, issue 2, 2020

Action Study of Community-Based Aesthetic Education Course Design and Practice for Senior Citizens pp. 137-147

Hsin-Chang Tsai and Ruo-Lan Liu

Institutional Transformation of Public Private Partnership to Ensure Low Transaction Costs: Case Study of Infrastructure Provision at the Ministry of Public Works and Housing of the Republic of Indonesia pp. 149-165

Yolanda Indah Permatasari, Sudarsono Hardjosoekarto and Roy Valiant Salomo

Action Research as a Method to Find Solutions for the Burden of Caregiving at Hospital Discharge pp. 167-185

Flaminia Reale, Federica Segato, Daniela Tartaglini and Cristina Masella

Revitalizing the Concept of Public Procurement for Innovation (PPI) from a Systemic Perspective: Objectives, Policy Types, and Impact Mechanisms pp. 187-211

Kiyoon Shin, Yeongjun Yeo and Jeong-Dong Lee

Correction to: Revitalizing the Concept of Public Procurement for Innovation (PPI) from a Systemic Perspective: Objectives, Policy Types, and Impact Mechanisms pp. 213-214

Kiyoon Shin, Yeongjun Yeo and Jeong-Dong Lee

Diagnosis of Software Projects Based on the Viable System Model pp. 215-236

Julio César Puche-Regaliza, Alfredo Jiménez and Pablo Arranz-Val

Impact of Fall Armyworm on Farmer’s Maize: Systemic Approach pp. 237-264

Kwamina Ewur Banson, Daniel Kwasi Asare, Fidelis Doodaa Dery, Kwadwo Boakye, Akudugu Boniface, Moses Asamoah and Lourees Esi Awotwe

Volume 33, issue 1, 2020

A Systems Science Approach to Inter-Organisational Complementarity in Tourism SMEs pp. 1-25

Jacqueline Y. Sánchez-García, Juan E. Núñez-Ríos, Manuel Soto-Pérez, Pedro Pablo Cardoso-Castro and Alejandro Rodríguez-Magaña

The Dynamics of Operational Problem-Solving: A Dual-Process Approach pp. 27-54

Matin Mohaghegh and Andreas Größler

From Cars to Bicycles: an Ecosystem View of Montreal Traffic as a Wicked Problem pp. 55-75

Louise Kold-Taylor and Donald W. Guerre

A Systemic Exploration of the Risk Factors in Zimbabwean Information Technology Projects pp. 77-93

Tendai Kanjanda and Nien-Tsu Tuan

Action Research to Enrich Learning in e-Tutoring for Remote Schools pp. 95-110

Ruo-Lan Liu and Yu-Chi Li

Governing a Collective Bad: Social Learning in the Management of Crop Diseases pp. 111-134

Elias Damtew, Barbara Mierlo, Rico Lie, Paul Struik, Cees Leeuwis, Berga Lemaga and Christine Smart

Correction to: Knowledge Sharing: What Works and What Doesn’t Work: A Critical Systems Thinking Perspective pp. 135-135

Peter Massingham