Soft Systems Methodology: Its Potential for Emancipatory Development

V.N. Callo and R.G. Packham ()
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V.N. Callo: Rizal State College
R.G. Packham: UWS-Hawkesbury

Chapter 29 in Synergy Matters, 2002, pp 169-174 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This paper discusses the use of Checkland’s Soft Systems Methodology within the broader framework of Participative Systemic Action Research. It builds on an earlier critique of SSM, discussing particularly its use as a tool for participation and emancipation: The paper discusses how SSM was used as a method to help successfully achieve emancipatory development in a rural area in the Philippines. Important emergent featuresthat ensured such success for SSM were (a) The role of the facilitator and the process of facilitation, (b). The commitment to learning with and from all participants (c). The contextualisation of the SSM, and (d.) A commitment to authentic participation of all stakeholders. Mention is also made of the different issues concerning the implementation of agreed change in situations where there are no clear power hierarchies.

Keywords: Collective Experience; Soft System Methodology; Desirable Change; Interpretive Theory; Total System Intervention (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1007/0-306-47467-0_29

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