Systemic Practice and Action Research

2009 - 2025

Current editor(s): Robert Flood

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Volume 30, issue 6, 2017

Building Organizational Identity: an Insider Action Research from a Founder’s Viewpoint pp. 569-592

Cristine Margaret R. Atienza

Using Action Research to Implement Selective Waste Collection Program in a Brazilian City pp. 593-608

Marcella Bernardo and Renato da Silva Lima

A Soft Systems Methodology Approach to Occupational Cancer Control Problem: a Case Study of the Ministry of Petroleum of Iran pp. 609-626

Ramin Sepehrirad, Ali Rajabzadeh, Adel Azar and Behrouz Zarei

An Engineering View for Social Systems: Agency as an Operational Principle for Designing Higher Education Access Policies pp. 627-649

Adriana Díaz and Camilo Olaya

The Nonprofit Response to the Migration Crisis: Systems-Theoretic Reflections on the Austrian and Slovak Experiences pp. 651-661

Vladislav Valentinov, Martina Bolečeková and Gabriela Vaceková

Volume 30, issue 5, 2017

Representation and Accountability in Glocal Governance and the 2030 Development Agenda: Narrowing the Gap between Perceived Needs and Outcomes pp. 447-469

Janet McIntyre-Mills

Using the ‘Engagement’ Model of Problem Solving to Assist Students in Capstone Learning pp. 471-485

Luke Houghton and Heather Stewart

Applying a Framework for Complementarist Intervention Approaches to Service Organizations to Achieve a Sustainable Holistic Management Model pp. 487-513

Bradley Moore, Javier Calvo-Amodio and Joseph F. Junker

Systems, Design, and Entrepreneurial Thinking: Comparative Frameworks pp. 515-533

Samir Patel and Khanjan Mehta

Monitoring of Policy Implementation: Convergent Mobile and Fixed Technologies as Emergent Enablers pp. 535-551

Khairul Akmaliah Adham, Saida Farhanah Sarkam, Mohd Fuaad Said, Nadiah Mahmad Nasir and Hasmiah Kasimin

Action Research in Reverse Logistics for End-Of-Life Tire Recycling pp. 553-568

Liliane Dolores Fagundes, Edvaldo Santos Amorim and Renato Lima

Volume 30, issue 4, 2017

Operationalising “Double-Loop” Learning in Service Organisations: A Systems Approach for Creating Knowledge pp. 317-337

Ayham A. M. Jaaron and Chris J. Backhouse

Systemic Development of Leadership: Action Research in an Indian Manufacturing Organization pp. 339-376

Vikas Rai Bhatnagar

Management of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment in Brazilian Public Education Institutions: Implementation Through Action Research on a University Campus pp. 377-393

Cátia Emiliana Paes, Marcella Bernardo, Renato Lima and Fabiano Leal

Effect of Supervision on Stress and Burnout in School Counsellors: A Case of Action Research pp. 395-406

Jernej Kovač, Marija Javornik Krečič, Branka Čagran and Matjaž Mulej

The Use of Critical Systems Heuristics to Surface and Reconcile Users' Conflicting Visions for a Business Intelligence System pp. 407-432

Carin Venter and Roelien Goede

From Practitioner to Researcher: Designing the Dissertation Process for Part Time Coursework Masters Students pp. 433-446

Corrinne Shaw and Kate Roux

Volume 30, issue 3, 2017

Thirty Years of Systemic Practice and Action Research pp. 209-211

Robert L. Flood

Prostitution and Human Rights in Indonesia: A Critical Systemic Review of Policy Discourses and Scenarios pp. 213-237

Riswanda, Janet McIntyre-Mills and Yvonne Corcoran-Nantes

Changes in Multicultural Experience: Action Research on a Service Learning Curriculum pp. 239-256

Ruo-Lan Liu and Pai -Ying Lin

A Systemic Exploration of Lesotho’s Basic Education through Interactive Management pp. 257-276

Masechaba Nthunya, Nien-Tsu Tuan, Corrinne Shaw and Ian Jay

Film Use to Promote Understanding in Change and Diffusion of Innovation pp. 277-293

Douglas A. Wilson, Victoria Raish and Alison Carr-Chellman

Systemic Analysis of the Brazilian Production Chain of Semiconductors: Graphic Representation and Leverage Points pp. 295-316

Diego Damásio Lima, Daniel Pacheco Lacerda and Miguel Afonso Sellitto

Volume 30, issue 2, 2017

A Limit to Our Thinking and Some Unanticipated Moral Consequences: A Science of Conceptual Systems Perspective with Some Potential Solutions pp. 103-116

Steven E. Wallis and Vladislav Valentinov

Virtual Action Research for Virtual Organisations? pp. 117-143

Frank Stowell and Shavindrie Cooray

Feasibility-Oriented Application of System Analysis in SMEs-The Cybernetic Approach of VSM Applied to Horticultural Retail Companies in Germany pp. 145-172

A. Gabriel, Vera Bitsch and Klaus Menrad

Uncovering the Dynamics of the Saudi Youth Unemployment Crisis pp. 173-186

Luay M. Assidmi and Erin Wolgamuth

An Action Design Research Approach within Enterprise Engineering pp. 187-207

Marné Vries and Simone Berger

Volume 30, issue 1, 2017

The Participation Imperative in Co-operative Inquiry: Personal Reflections of an Initiating Researcher pp. 1-18

Naomi Joy Godden

Using Generic Structures in System Dynamics Model Building: Reflection from Modeling for Indian Shrimp Industry pp. 19-44

Santosh Kumar Prusty, Pratap K. J. Mohapatra and C. K. Mukherjee

Complex HIV/AIDS Landscapes: Reflections on How ‘Path Creation’ Influenced an Action-Oriented Intervention pp. 45-66

Christopher J. Burman and Marota Aphane

Perceptions of Pediatric Nurses on Ethical Decision Making Processes pp. 67-84

Keziban Avcı, Songül Çınaroğlu and Mehmet Top

An Approach to the Notion of Reflective Teacher and Its Exemplification on Mathematics Education pp. 85-102

Elisabeth Ramos-Rodríguez, Pablo Flores Martínez and João P. Ponte

Volume 29, issue 6, 2016

Re-framing Prostitution in Indonesia: A Critical Systemic Approach pp. 517-539

Riswanda, Yvonne Corcoran-Nantes and Janet McIntyre-Mills

Systemic Evaluation of a Comprehensive Community Initiative Based on Boundary Critique in Mhakwe Ward in Zimbabwe pp. 541-564

Precious Tirivanhu, Prosper B. Matondi and Daowei Sun

The Political Construction of Inspiria Science Center pp. 565-581

Gunnar Andersson and Bjorn Gitle Hauge

Use of Archetypal Structures in Urban Dynamics pp. 583-595

Anab Kidwai and Anupam Saraph

Emergence: A Systems Theory’s Challenge to Ethics pp. 597-610

Vladislav Valentinov, Stefan Hielscher and Ingo Pies

Volume 29, issue 5, 2016

Intersections of Critical Systems Thinking and Community Based Participatory Research: A Learning Organization Example with the Autistic Community pp. 405-423

Dora M. Raymaker

Critical Systems Thinking on the Inefficiency in Post-Earthquake Relief: A Practice in Longmen Shan Fault Area pp. 425-448

Jiuping Xu, Jiuzhou Dai, Renqiao Rao, Huaidong Xie and Yi Lu

Second-Order Cybernetic Analysis to Re-construct Farmers’ Rationale When Regulating Milk Production pp. 449-468

Maria J. Restrepo, Margareta A. Lelea and Brigitte Kaufmann

Place Marketing and Management: A Complex Adaptive Systems View. The Strategic Planning of the City of Avellino, Italy pp. 469-484

Gianpaolo Basile, Gandolfo Dominici and Mario Tani

A Qualitative Study of Interdisciplinary Cooperation on Computer and English: A Case Study of Aletheia University Participated in International Volunteer Service Learning to Inner Mongolia pp. 485-516

Shu-Chin Su and Tzong-Heng Chi

Volume 29, issue 4, 2016

Social Media as a Mean for Improved Technical Communication pp. 297-312

Ulrica Löfstedt and Stig C. Holmberg

How Systemic Inquiry Releases Citizen Knowledge to Reform Schools: Community Scorecard Case Studies pp. 313-334

David William Walker

Towards an Effective Multi-Stakeholder Consultation Process: Applying the Imagine Method in Context of Abu Dhabi’s Education Policy pp. 335-353

Sami Mahroum, Simon Bell, Yasser Al-Saleh and Nasser Yassin

Dynamic Isomorphism and Decision Maker Attributes pp. 355-377

Koushik Dutta

poCDIO: A Methodological Proposal for Promoting Active Participation in Social Engineering Projects pp. 379-403

Janneth Arias, María Catalina Ramírez, Diana María Duarte, María Paula Flórez and Juan Pablo Sanabria

Volume 29, issue 3, 2016

Beyond Acceptance and Resistance: A Socio-Technical Approach to the Exploration of Intergroup Differences in ICT Use and Non-use at Work pp. 183-213

Thale Kvernberg Andersen

Developing a Cybernetics Approach to Analysing Inclusive Growth Constraints pp. 215-234

Khairul Akmaliah Adham, Hasmiah Kasimin, Nurul Atasha Jamaludin, Siti Khadijah Mohd Ghanie, Nor Azzatunnisak Mohd Khatib and Mohd Fuaad Said

You are Seldom Born with a Drum Kit in Your Hands: Music Teachers’ Conceptualizations of Knowledge and Learning Within Music Education as an Assessment Practice pp. 235-259

Johan Nyberg

Practical Contributions of the Systems-Based Evolutionary Learning Laboratory to Knowledge and Stakeholder Management pp. 261-275

Tuan M. Ha, Ockie J. H. Bosch and Nam C. Nguyen

Participatory Demographic Scenarios Addressing Uncertainty and Transformative Change in Ethiopia pp. 277-296

Atsede D. Tegegne, Marianne Penker and Maria Wurzinger

Volume 29, issue 2, 2016

Institutionalizing Insider Action Research Initiatives in Organizations: The Role of Learning Mechanisms pp. 83-95

David Coghlan, Abraham B. Shani and Jonas Roth

Using Critical Social Heuristics and Project-Based Learning to Enhance Data Warehousing Education pp. 97-128

Estelle Taylor and Roelien Goede

Systems Pluralism in Infrastructure Decision-Making for Socially Connected Greenfield Communities pp. 129-148

Matthew Pepper, Andrew Sense and Kate Speare

Systemic Design for Applying the Combined Use of SSM and CDA to Social Practices pp. 149-171

Jae Eon Yu and Hyo Chang Hong

The Mind Could Accommodate Inconsistencies pp. 173-182

Nien-Tsu Tuan and Ian Jay

Volume 29, issue 1, 2016

Foreseeing the Dynamics of Strategy: An Anticipatory Systems Perspective pp. 1-25

Rossen Kazakov and Martin Kunc

Promoting a Sustainable Academic–Correctional Health Partnership: Lessons for Systemic Action Research pp. 27-50

William D. Barta, Deborah Shelton, Cheryl Cepelak and Colleen Gallagher

Consideration of Ethics in Systemic Thinking pp. 51-60

Nien-Tsu Tuan and Corrinne Shaw

Soft Systems Methodologies in Action: Environment, Health & Shanghai’s Elderly pp. 61-77

Katie Kish, Martin J. Bunch and Beiyuan J. Xu

Rosalind Armson: Growing Wings on the Way—Systems Thinking for Messy Situations pp. 79-80

Neil Richardson

Erratum to: A Phenomenological Approach to the Study of Social Systems pp. 81-81

Leonardo Augusto Amaral Terra and João Luiz Passador