A Comparison of Interactive Planning and Soft Systems Methodology: Enhancing the Complementarist Position |
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Authors: | Sinn Jeffrey S |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, South Carolina, 29733 |
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Abstract: | Flood and Jackson (1991) explain the diversity of systems-based methods with a pluralistic System of Systems Methodologies by categorizing the various methods according to the problem context for which they are deemed to be best suited. The two methods classified as most appropriate for complex-pluralistic problems, Ackoff's Interactive Planning and Checkland's Soft System Methodology, are compared according to their underlying theory, problem-solving techniques, and outcomes. Despite their shared focus on the same problem context, the two methods are derived from different ontological assumptions which yield different techniques and outcomes. An argument is presented for conducting additional comparisons of methods that address the same problem context. |
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Keywords: | systems theory Interactive Planning Soft Systems Methodology |
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