| Titre : | Operational research and critical systems thinking : an integrated perspective Part 2: OR as argumentative practice (2012) |
| Auteurs : | W. Ulrich, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article : texte imprimé |
| Dans : | Journal of the operational research society (JORS) (Vol. 63 N° 9, Septembre 2012) |
| Article en page(s) : | pp. 1307–1322 |
| Note générale : | Operational research |
| Langues : | Anglais |
| Index. décimale : | 001.424 |
| Tags : | Practice of OR Philosophy Methodology Professional educatio Systems |
| Résumé : | On the basis of a review of the role of systems thinking in the history of OR, Part 1 of this essay proposed a systematic understanding of OR as applied systems thinking. Further, it identified the contribution of ‘critical’ systems thinking (CST) in a combined ability of its two strands, critical systems heuristics (CSH) and total systems intervention (TSI), to enhance the conceptual sophistication of OR. Part 2 aims to translate this understanding into a framework for good professional practice. How exactly can CST strengthen the competence profile of OR professionals? Drawing on three experience-based archetypes of professional service and some basic argumentation-theoretical considerations, a new understanding of OR and applied systems thinking as argumentative practice emerges. In this new understanding CST finds a systematic place and some exemplary uses of CSH and TSI can be located—an integrated perspective. |
| DEWEY : | 001.424 |
| ISSN : | 0160-5682 |
| En ligne : | http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jors/journal/v63/n9/abs/jors2011145a.html |
