A revolution in the field of systems thinking-a review of Checkland's system thinking

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 140-155

  Zexian, Yan ^a   Xuhui, Yan ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Human activity system; Interpretive paradigm; Purposeful holon; Self organization and adaptive evolution; Soft system thinking

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE EVOLUTION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INTERPRETIVE PARADIGM; PURPOSEFUL HOLON; SOFT SYSTEMS;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

SYSTEM THEORY;

EID: 77449125723     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: 10991743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.1021     Document Type: Article

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