Systemic Practice and Action Research

2009 - 2025

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Volume 32, issue 6, 2019

Towards an Understanding of Rich Picture Interpretation pp. 601-614

Simon Bell, Tessa Berg and Steve Morse

Exploring the Potency of Rich Pictures in a Systemic Lean Intervention Process pp. 615-627

Daniel E. Ufua and Angie O. I. Adebayo

Promoting Entrepreneurship through a Community Learning Model – Case Study: Green Businesses pp. 629-643

María Catalina Ramírez, Libia Alejandra Navas Castaño, Ángela Delgado, Miguel Angel González, Luis Camilo Caicedo and Mauricio Peralta

Systemic Action Research as a Strategy to Face the Institutionalization of Participatory Approaches: a Case Study in the Basque Country pp. 645-662

Miren Larrea

System Dynamics and Learning Scenarios for Process Improvement and Regional Resilience: A Study in The Footwear Industry of Southern Brazil pp. 663-686

Claralucia Prates Machado, Maria Isabel Wolf Morandi and Miguel Sellitto

Participatory Impact Assessment of Food Securing Upgrading Strategies in Rural Tanzania pp. 687-706

L. E. A. Hernandez, F. Graef and H. J. König

Volume 32, issue 5, 2019

A Critical Systems Approach to Elicit User-Centric Business Intelligence Business Requirements pp. 481-500

Carin Venter

Application of Quality of Experience in Networked Services: Review, Trend & Perspectives pp. 501-519

Asif Ali Laghari, Hui He, Muhammad Shafiq and Asiya Khan

Elicitation of Tacit Knowledge Using Soft Systems Methodology pp. 521-555

Payam Hanafizadeh and Fakhrossadat Ghamkhari

Innovating Authentically: Cultural Differentiation in the Animation Sector pp. 557-571

Susan Standing and Craig Standing

Enabling Political Legitimacy and Conceptual Integration for Climate Change Adaptation Research within an Agricultural Bureaucracy: a Systemic Inquiry pp. 573-600

Andrea Grant, Ray Ison, Robert Faggian and Victor Sposito

Volume 32, issue 4, 2019

Multi-Disciplinary North-South Collaboration in Participatory Action Research on Food Value Chains: a German-Tanzanian Case Study on Perceptions, Experiences and Challenges pp. 359-378

F. Graef, K. D. Mutabazi, S. Sieber, F. Asch, B. Makoko, M. Bonatti, M. Brüntrup, C. Gornott, L. Herrmann, R. Herrmann, L. Kaburire, F. C. Kahimba, A. Kimaro, A. Kuntosch, H. J. König, P. Lagwen, M. A. Lana, C. Lambert, C. Levy, K. Löhr, C. Maeda, H. Mbwana, D. Mchau, M. T. Mnimbo, S. Munder, L. Mwinuka, P. Ngwenya, E. Nickson, Ephraim Nkonya, P. Saidia, M. P. Schäfer, J. Schindler, V. Silayo, G. Uckert, J. Wambura and L. William

Re-Contextualizing Medical Pluralism in South Africa: a Research Schema for Indigenous Decision Making pp. 379-402

Christopher J. Burman

Critique of Manualized Therapies: Systemic Family Therapy Manual for Adolescent Self-Harm pp. 403-409

Bronwen Davies

Collaborative Action Research for Preparing Teachers as Reflective Practitioners pp. 411-427

Hu Qing-li, Myriam N. Torres and Feng Shi-Ji

Revealing Community Perceptions for Ecological Restoration Using a Soft System Methodology pp. 429-442

Tanh T. N. Nguyen, Daniel G. Scognamillo and Christopher E. Comer

Evaluating the Impacts of Virtual Organization Absorption on the Quality of Urban Private Constructions; the System Dynamics Approach pp. 443-462

Hossein Moradi, Mohamad Hassan Sebt and Eghbal Shakeri

Elaborating a Critical Realist Approach to Soft Systems Methodology pp. 463-480

Ryan Armstrong

Volume 32, issue 3, 2019

Are You Receiving Me? A Viable System Model (VSM) Analysis of Purchasing Coordination in a Firm Engaged in Offshoring of Manufacturing Activities pp. 239-272

Godfrey Mugurusi and Luitzen de Boer

Application of Viable System Model in Diagnosis of Organizational Structure pp. 273-295

Zeinab Rezaee, Adel Azar, Abbas Moghbel Ba Erz and Mahmoud Dehghan Nayeri

Evolution of Management Cybernetics and Viable System Model pp. 297-314

Amin Vahidi, Alireza Aliahmad and Ebrahim Teimouri

Integrating VSM and Network Analysis for Tourism Strategies – Case: Mexico and the Chinese Outbound Market pp. 315-333

Tanya Arenas, Miguel Ángel Martínez, Xu Honggang, Oswaldo Morales and Mauricio Chávez

A Systemic Indicators Framework for Sustainable Rural Community Development pp. 335-352

Phuong T. Nguyen, Sam Wells and Nam Nguyen

Book Review of “Social Ecology in the Digital Age: Solving Complex Problems in a Globalized World” pp. 353-357

J. J. McIntyre-Mills and N. R. A. Romm

Volume 32, issue 2, 2019

Exploring Systemic Problems in IS Adoption Using Critical Systems Heuristics pp. 125-153

Syed Arshad Raza, Atiq W. Siddiqui and Craig Standing

Action-Research Helps Researchers Foster Smart Rural Development: Two Case Studies on Local Food Policy pp. 155-166

Christophe-Toussaint Soulard and Sylvie Lardon

Participatory Design and Technologies for Sustainable Development: an Approach from Action Research pp. 167-191

Andrés Esteban Acero López, María Catalina Ramirez Cajiao, Mauricio Peralta Mejia, Luisa Fernanda Payán Durán and Edier Ernesto Espinosa Díaz

What is at Stake in Deliberative Inquiry? A Review About a Deliberative Practice pp. 193-217

Ruth Wouters, Bieke De Fraine and Maarten Simons

Diagnosing Business Incubation for Social Purpose: A Viable System Model Approach pp. 219-238

Khairul Akmaliah Adham, Nur Sa’adah Muhamad, Mohd Fuaad Said, Shahrizin Abdul Sarhadat, Habib Asaril Ismail and Mohd Fareez Assrul Mohd Nasir

Volume 32, issue 1, 2019

Sharing the Voice and Experience of our Community Members with Significant Disabilities in the Development of Rehabilitation Games pp. 1-12

Ya-Shu Kang and Yao-Jen Chang

Describing the Necessity of Multi-Methodological Approach for Viable System Model: Case Study of Viable System Model and System Dynamics Multi-Methodology pp. 13-37

Amin Vahidi and Alireza Aliahmadi

Using Action Research to Implement an Operating Efficiency Initiative in a Local Government pp. 39-62

Jesus García-Navarro, F. Javier Ramírez and M. Jose Ruíz-Ortega

Systems Thinking for Systems Making: Joining Systems of Thought and Action pp. 63-91

J. L. Henshaw

Dynamic Capabilities for Sustainability: Revealing the Systemic Key Factors pp. 93-112

Luciana Oranges Cezarino, Marlon Fernandes Rodrigues Alves, Adriana Cristina Ferreira Caldana and Lara Bartocci Liboni

A Play-Based Methodology for Studying Children: Playfication pp. 113-123

Raffaele Campo, Fabrizio Baldassarre and Rosalind Lee

Volume 31, issue 6, 2018

Individual Actions as Community Informative Resources. A Collective Informative Systems Approach pp. 581-598

Eliseo Luis Vilalta-Perdomo and Rebecca Herron

Thinking and Acting Systematically About the Anthropocene pp. 599-615

Yeon-soo Shim and Donald C. Bellomy

Discovering a Cultural System Using Consumer Ethnocentrism Theory pp. 617-636

Mary J. Weber, John Timothy Lambert, Kelley A. Conrad, Sherry S. Jennings and Jennifer R. Mastal Adams

Improvements in Introductory Programming Course: Action Research Insights and Outcomes pp. 637-656

Sohail Iqbal Malik

IT Diffusion, Implementation and Assimilation in Micro-Businesses – an Exploratory Study Based on a Process Approach pp. 657-674

Alejandro Cataldo, Sergio Almuna, Rocío Briones, Gabriela Bustos and Robert McQueen

The Corporate Social Responsibility of Ukrainian Agroholdings: the Stakeholder Approach Revisited pp. 675-698

Taras Gagalyuk, Vladislav Valentinov and Franziska Schaft

Volume 31, issue 5, 2018

The First-, Second- and Third-Person Dynamics of Learning History pp. 463-478

Margaret Rose Gearty and David Coghlan

Systemic Understanding of Coopetitive Behaviour in a Latin American Technological Park pp. 479-494

Miguel Afonso Sellitto, Guilherme Schreiber Pereira, Rafael Marques and Daniel Pacheco Lacerda

Reframing Cognitive Behaviour Theory from a Systems Perspective pp. 495-507

Victor MacGill

Systems Thinking and Scenario Planning: Application in the Clothing Sector pp. 509-537

Rosiane Serrano, Luis Henrique Rodrigues, Daniel Pacheco Lacerda and Priscila Bonalume Paraboni

First Line Steps in Requirements Identification for Guidelines Development in Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) pp. 539-556

Sara H. Wilford

Embracing the Complexity: Surfacing Problem Situations with Multiple Actors of the Pineapple Value Chain in Uganda pp. 557-580

Katharine Tröger, Margareta Amy Lelea, Oliver Hensel and Brigitte Kaufmann

Volume 31, issue 4, 2018

Re-Interpreting Signaling with Systems Thinking: A Concept for Improving Decision-Making Quality pp. 347-357

Chin-Wen Chang and Cheng-Min Chuang

Patient Safety Culture, Evidence-Based Practice and Performance in Nursing pp. 359-374

Cuma Sonğur, Özlem Özer, Çiğdem Gün and Mehmet Top

Through the Eye of a Fly: Action Research as a Support for the South African National Literacy Campaign pp. 375-393

Veronica McKay

Two Strands Model of the Soft System Methodology Analysis of Private Sector Investment in Power Generation Sector in Ghana pp. 395-419

Collins Ameyaw and Hans Wilhelm Alfen

A Systemic Inquiry into the AIDS Epidemic in the Western Cape of South Africa through Interactive Management pp. 421-435

Nien-Tsu Tuan

A Systemic Framework for Business Model Design and Development -Part A: Theorizing Perspective pp. 437-461

Payam Hanafizadeh, Mohammad Mehrabioun, Kambiz Badie and Jahanyar Bamdad Soofi

Volume 31, issue 3, 2018

Is Action Design Research Indeed Necessary? Analysis and Synergies Between Action Research and Design Science Research pp. 239-267

Dalila Cisco Collatto, Aline Dresch, Daniel Pacheco Lacerda and Ione Ghislene Bentz

Systemic Analysis of the Soccer (Football) Value Chain: Learning from the Brazilian Context pp. 269-291

Rosiane Serrano, Daniel Pacheco Lacerda, Ricardo Augusto Cassel, Luis Henrique Rodrigues and Priscila Ferraz Soares

Design for Mass Customisation in Higher Education: a Systems-Thinking Approach pp. 293-310

Duong Thuy Pham and Ayham A. M. Jaaron

Strategies for the Study of Complex Socio-Economic Systems: an Approach Using Agent-Based Simulation pp. 311-325

Leonardo Augusto Amaral Terra and João Luiz Passador

Constructive Scaffolding or a Procrustean Bed? Exploring the Influence of a Facilitated, Structured Group Process in a Climate Action Group pp. 327-345

Pia Andersson, Helena Ringnér and Jan Inglis

Volume 31, issue 2, 2018

Systemic Thinking and Practice Toward Facilitating Inclusive Education: Reflections on a Case of Co-Generated Knowledge and Action in South Africa pp. 105-120

Lloyd D. N. Tlale and Norma R. A. Romm

Human Development in Saudi Education: a Critical Systemic Approach pp. 121-157

Saad Algraini and Janet McIntyre-Mills

Systemic Indicators for Rural Communities in Developing Economies: Bringing the Shared Vision into Being pp. 159-177

Phuong T. Nguyen and Sam Wells

Application of SSM in tackling problematical situations from academicians’ viewpoints pp. 179-220

Payam Hanafizadeh and Mohammad Mehrabioun

Enriching Service-Learning by Developing e-Tutoring in Foster Homes pp. 221-238

Chih-Feng Chien, Ching-Jung Liao and Brent G. Walters

Volume 31, issue 1, 2018

An Adaptive Use of Viable System Model with Knowledge System Diagnostics Serving Industrial Democracy in a Textile Manufacturing Company pp. 1-26

Saadet Toprak and N. Gökhan Torlak

Smart Cities and M3: Rapid Research, Meaningful Metrics and Co-Design pp. 27-53

Simon Bell, Francesca Benatti, Neil R. Edwards, Robin Laney, David R. Morse, Lara Piccolo and Oliver Zanetti

Community Work Research through Co-Operative Inquiry in Timor-Leste, Australia and Peru: Insights into Process pp. 55-73

Naomi Joy Godden

A Systems Thinking Approach to Investigating Complex Sugarcane Supply and Processing Systems: Integrating Rich Pictures and Bayesian Networks pp. 75-85

Mduduzi Innocent Shongwe

Design of a System Dynamics Model to Analyze the Styrene Demand in the Brazilian Market pp. 87-104

Marcos Leandro Hoffmann Souza, Luis Henrique Rodrigues and Maria Isabel Wolf Motta Morandi